Re: lock down plugin versions in enterprise poms?

2010-05-07 Thread Ravi Luthra
Thanks all, we know where to go from here! On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Jesse Farinacci jie...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ravi, On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Ravi Luthra cod...@gmail.com wrote: I've heard that locking down the plugin version is a bad practice mostly because of major

lock down plugin versions in enterprise poms?

2010-05-04 Thread Ravi Luthra
At our company we maintain a top-level enterprise pom that all projects inherit. We're considering adding versions to lock down our plugin versions. What we are trying to avoid is having our build break because of a third-party plugin upgrading on us unexpectedly. I've heard that locking down the

Re: lock down plugin versions in enterprise poms?

2010-05-04 Thread Stephen Connolly
On 5 May 2010 00:01, Ravi Luthra cod...@gmail.com wrote: At our company we maintain a top-level enterprise pom that all projects inherit. We're considering adding versions to lock down our plugin versions. What we are trying to avoid is having our build break because of a third-party plugin

Re: lock down plugin versions in enterprise poms?

2010-05-04 Thread Justin Edelson
You should lock down plugin versions in your enterprise pom. Whomever told you otherwise was on crack. Justin On May 4, 2010, at 7:01 PM, Ravi Luthra cod...@gmail.com wrote: At our company we maintain a top-level enterprise pom that all projects inherit. We're considering adding versions to

Re: lock down plugin versions in enterprise poms?

2010-05-04 Thread Manfred Moser
It is totally best practice to lock your plugin versions and much more down. Depending on the usage of your company pom and the content you could even introduce a company super pom. Have a look here for what I mean. http://www.mosabuam.com/2009/10/company-super-pom-a-maven-practice manfred At

Re: lock down plugin versions in enterprise poms?

2010-05-04 Thread Jesse Farinacci
Hi Ravi, On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Ravi Luthra cod...@gmail.com wrote: I've heard that locking down the plugin version is a bad practice mostly because of major versions of Maven being released. Is this really a bad practice? Not only is it a best practice, but there is support for you