Let's see if I get it:
I use plugin X and Y for building my project therefore I put 2
dependencies in the project.xml.
Now when other developers check out the code and run Maven the *.jar
file of the plugins get downloaded in the repository.
Now the developers have to install the plugin manually right?
(how do they do that?)
What if the developers have a different version of a plugin installed?
-Matteo
Doug Douglass wrote:
Lukas,
I had read that issue, but didn't "get it" until now. I think you're
correct, declaring the plugin as a dependency causes it to be installed
into the local repo, and expanded into the cache, but not installed into
the maven plugins directory.
Arnauds statement that "It forces the developers to use THIS release of
the plugin for the project" is of course still correct.
Quite a nice feature really.
Doug
Lukas Theussl wrote:
Are you sure on this? I thought declaring a plugin dependency lets
your project depend on a particular version of a plugin without
actually installing it - so you can use that plugin on the fly without
messing up your (and every developer's) Maven installation.
There is actually a documentation issue open for this [1], would be
nice if we could clarify this before ;)
-Lukas
[1] http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MAVEN-1478
Arnaud HERITIER wrote:
The plugin is automatically downloaded and installed instead of to ask
to the other developpers to manually install it.
It forces the developpers to use THIS release of the plugin for the
project.
Arnaud
On 2/9/06, Matteo Melani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello,
what is the benefit of including in the project.xml file a dependency
to a plugin? (Besides telling other developers that the build
depends on
the plugin)
For example let say that I include in my project.xml:
<dependency>
<groupId>codeczar-tomcat</group>
<artifactId>maven-tomcat-plugin</artifactId>
<type>plugin</type>
<version>1.1</version>
</dependency>
When I run Maven it downloads the .jar file for the plugin in the
repository plugin directory. And then?
I guess I do not understand the purpose if it.
Anybody can explain this feature?
Thanks,
-Matteo
---------------------------------------------------------------------
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]
