Given that they're a standard part of XML, and that the m2 project
descriptor in one form will be an XML document, why would they not be
available?

On 08 Jun 2004 21:21:50 -0400, Jason van Zyl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 19:23, Tim Reilly wrote:
> > Does anyone know, or can anyone comment on whether external xml entities in
> > the POM (particularly for dependencies) will continue to work or be
> > supported in future versions (maven-2, etc)?
> 
> You won't need them and the plexus and geronimo builds will be proof of
> that. Today was infact the first day a build using arbitrary recursive
> inheritance and transitive dependencies occurred. Michal finished
> checking in his wagon integration into m2, I tweaked it a bit and
> presto! A new level of manageability.
> 
> I really, really, really don't want to promote the use of entities. I've
> kept my mouth shut because they were really the only way to work around
> some congenital problems in m1. m2 is a ways off and there will be some
> surveys for users and one of questions will be regarding the use of
> entities. No one will probably want to use them anyway with m2.
> 
> > Before making so many changes... just want verify.
> >
> > TIA,
> > -TR
> >
> >
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