Would you think that this is unnecessary duplication? <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0";> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
Isn't it better to rely on a DTD or Schema, instead of document element. This is IMO the common practise (see Hibernate mappings, Spring bean factories, Struts, ...) Cheers, Thomas On 10/5/05, Anthony B. Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When is a POM a legacy POM? The problem is that if you don't label the > POM version up front, *that* is how you end up with a legacy issue. > People will just lose track of the correct POM versions. The problem with > assumed values is that assumptions change over time. > > Cheers, Tony. > > On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:20:32 +0100, Thomas Van de Velde > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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] > >> > >> > > > > -- > 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] > >
