2008/10/7 Edelson, Justin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 1) A few reasons. I like having the properties all together vs. spread out > in each pluginManagement sub-element. Easier for descendents to override the > plugin version (for example - I'm testing a patched version of the javadoc > plugin. This is just a matter of specifying the patched version # in the > descendent pom). Also ensures that, for example, the same surefire version > is used in pluginMangement and reporting.
Beware! That will only work if you invoke the project outside of a reactor build. Inside a reactor build, the first project to use the plugin determines the version used by _all_ projects in the reactor. Hope you're aware of that gotcha / bug with maven --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email