That it’s used in all projects not just selective ones so it’s directly inherited by all. As to not have to declare in each POM.
> On Oct 7, 2015, at 9:29 AM, Karl Heinz Marbaise <khmarba...@gmx.de> wrote: > > Hi, > > i'm currently looking into the Maven code and stumbled over one thing which i > don't understand at the moment is: > > The root pom contains directly dependencies to junit > https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=maven.git;a=blob_plain;f=pom.xml;hb=HEAD > > But it does not contain junit in dependencyManagement ? > > There are some comments like this: > > <!-- bootstrap-start-comment --> > <dependencies> > <dependency> > <groupId>junit</groupId> > <artifactId>junit</artifactId> > <version>${junitVersion}</version> > <scope>test</scope> > </dependency> > </dependencies> > <!-- bootstrap-end-comment --> > <build> > > Is this for a particular reason ? > > Does someone has an explanation for this? > > Kind regards > Karl Heinz Marbaise > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > Thanks, Jason ---------------------------------------------------------- Jason van Zyl Founder, Takari and Apache Maven http://twitter.com/jvanzyl http://twitter.com/takari_io --------------------------------------------------------- Three people can keep a secret provided two of them are dead. -- Benjamin Franklin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
