+1 I think this would be a good idea, let us know about the issue, so we can vote on it. Domi
On 27.08.2014, at 09:12, James Green <[email protected]> wrote: > I have in the past wasted hours of effort trying to weed out dependency > issues where something has been added for reasons unknown. Removal leads to > breakage. > > It would be helpful if, inside a POM, it were possible to add a comment > element to a dependency. I realise this is possible as an XML comment, > however having a POM field would let documentation engines record the > comment. > > The same could be said for dependencies inside dependencyManagement. > > It would of course have the side effect of auto completion within IDEs > showing authors how to "officially" comment on the reason for that work. > > An idea. > > James --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
