Is there still active development going on with this plugin? The potential of this plugin is very high but it doesn't seem to be quite there yet.
--- Todd Thiessen > -----Original Message----- > From: David Ojeda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 11:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Release Plugin Question > > :( bummer... > I think there should be a notice somewhere in this plugin > site. I think this plugin is one of the best maven seller. I > have a big multi-module project and was counting on this > feature when performing a release (fault's on me for not > trying first, I will try later today if possible, just to be sure). > > On Tuesday 09 December 2008 11:10:23 John Stoneham wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Thomas Jackson > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I expect the release plugin to change the version number in the > > > dependency section for snapshots when it asks me to resolve the > > > dependencies and I answer yes. Let me try to give you a concrete > > > example..... > > > > Unfortunately - and everyone who learns the release plugin ends up > > having to learn this the hard way - a large part of the > 'resolve these > > dependencies' bit does not work so well. Browsing the > release plugin's > > open defects will convince you of this fact. I hope to > spend some time > > next year trying to help out with some of this myself, because it's > > frustrating. > > > > The release plugin will happily keep snapshot dependencies > up to date, > > assuming they are dependencies on artifacts you're -also releasing > > within the same lifecycle-. Otherwise - it is best to > resolve them by > > hand for now. > > > > (My usual procedure is to run release:prepare, and if it finds any > > SNAPSHOT dependencies left unresolved, Ctrl-C, mvn release:clean, > > resolve them by hand, repeat as necessary. You also need to > check the > > file for the word SNAPSHOT anyway, because there's a known problem > > where it does not detect SNAPSHOT plugin-level dependencies.) > > > > - John > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > David Ojeda > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
