I'd only put the version in the ParentPOM in a depMgmnt section and then declare dependencies without versions at all.
________________________________ Curt Yanko | Continuous Integration Services | UnitedHealth Group IT Making IT Happen, one build at a time -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Benedict Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 2:49 PM To: Maven Users List Subject: Re: avoiding dependency version number duplication <properties> <spring.version>2.5.6</spring.version> </properties> Then for your dependency versions, specify <version>${spring.version}</version> For more information: http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/MavenPropertiesGuide Paul On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Babak Farhang <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Say I have a number of modules that share a dependency on Spring. I'd > like to centralize the version number of the Spring library that I'm > using, that is, the version these modules depend on. I.e. I don't want > the version number of the Spring dependency to be duplicated across > many pom files. What's the "maven way" for doing this? > > -Babak > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
