Have you tried specifying ${project.version}?
/Anders
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 03:25, Brinker, Don-NONEMP <[email protected]
> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm running into a bit of an odd issue here with using the release plugin.
> I have a multi-module project I'm trying to release that has two
> submodules. One defines a "parent" subproject with a header like so:
> <project ...>
> ...
> <groupId>my.group</groupId>
> <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
> <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
> <packaging>pom</packaging>
> ...
> </project>
>
> In a separate submodule, I have an archetype that generates projects that
> extend this parent. In other words, I have the following in
> src/main/archetype-resources/pom.xml:
> <project>
> ...
> <parent>
> <groupId>my.group</groupId>
> <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
> <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
> </parent>
>
> <artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>
> <version>${version}</version>
> ...
> </project>
>
> Now here's the question: I'd like the parent version in the archetype to
> be changed when the multi-module project updates. As is, that doesn't
> happen (the parent version in the archetype remains 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT even
> after I release the whole project). Is there something I can do to make
> this work? For that matter, is what I'm trying to do a bad idea for some
> reason?
>
> Thanks
>
> - Don
>
>
