On 2/10/08, Jason van Zyl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You're asking for a far more complicated solutions to be implemented > which generally aren't much more helpful. You're also conflating the > solution with what people should do and what they should actually be > doing. Yes, people should use versions for their plugins, but in the > absence of that putting the versions in the POM is the easiest > solution to provide the most stability, in most cases.
Well said. I'm really excited to see this discussion and the generally positive support for the proposal. Providing stable, repeatable builds out of the box is such an important feature in a build tool. As I understand it, you can still override the plugin versions in your own POMs, but for the vast Maven newbie public, this change would go a long ways to meeting expectations. [shameless bribe] Make this change in 2.x and I'll fix all the issues remaining for http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-3379 ... :) Don --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
