> > Brett, > > Could you give me a quick rundown of how to download a plugin > and how the mechanism works. I will look at the code for > certain but I just want to push in a little bit of doco now > with all the plugins separated.
maven plugin:download -DartifactId=maven-dbunit-plugin -DgroupId=maven -Dversion=1.1-SNAPSHOT Downloads, installs to $MAVEN_HOME/plugins, deletes old versions in $MAVEN_HOME_LOCAL/plugins > If you declare a plugin as a dependency will an install be attempted? > Yes, same as above but doesn't delete other versions. For this one, just a standard dependency element is needed with <type>plugin</type> given. Cheers, Brett
