-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It will help avoid another problem like we're having right now in moving from maven 1 POMs to maven 2 POMs, for one thing.
I understand wanting to streamline the amount of xml you have to write for a new project, but surely 34 characters that don't ever change (like versions of your project do) isn't too much to ask for future compatibility?? - -john Thomas Van de Velde wrote: | But this is irrelevant for people not using legecy POM's (which I would | think is the great majority). What would be the inconvenience of having | defaut values? People wanting to use legacy poms just need to override | those. | | Thomas | | On 10/5/05, Anthony B. Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | |>Such a default value would be bad karma, in the sense that you have no |>indication which version of the POM (Schema) the POM instance was written |>against. That stops you from doing intelligent support of legacy POMs, |>especially if you make a non-backwards-compatible major version change. |>Although it is a nuisance, it really is better for each POM instance to |>explicitly state which POM version it is supposed to be valid against. |> |>Cheers, Tony. |> |>On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 12:51:42 +0100, Thomas Van de Velde |><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> |> |>>Hi, |>> |>>Currently you are forced to define the modelVersion for each pom, even |>>when |>>declaring a parent. To me this seems to be a purely technical element |>>that |>>is of limited interest to end users. Would it not make sense to provide |> |>a |> |>>default value (4.0.0) if not defined explicitly in the POM? |> |>-- |>Anthony B. Coates, Director |>Information Design, Messaging and Management |>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] |>Mobile/Cell: +44 (79) 0543 9026 |>-- |>MDDL Editor (Market Data Definition Language) |>http://www.mddl.org/ |>FpML AWG Member (Financial Products Markup Language) |>http://www.fpml.org/ |> |>--------------------------------------------------------------------- |>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |> |> | | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDQ+KAK3h2CZwO/4URAkVvAJ9h2RqIlq7sByDrLJewfvbMMAeiUwCfXcG3 Vc/QgD+zIauUGAIeupmaHDc= =xrG3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
