Would a compromise to something using the baseDir of the project ( or root project ) and not an arbitrary relative path?
I can see a benefit to this, but I can also see not wanting to allow the user to reach outside their SCM controlled project. On 18/09/2011, at 3:42 AM, Benson Margulies wrote: > I am uncomfortable rejecting a patch that has no visible negative > impact except that it it 'encourages people to put binary dependencies > in SCM'. Maven users are presumably consenting adults. If adding this > feature made something surprising, slow, or unhelpful happen to users > doing the usual thing, I'd be -1 for it. But if it adds flexibility > without conceptual or implementation overhead, I'd be +1.