Re: [m2] plugins vs dependencies

2005-11-05 Thread dan tran
Jeff, Invoking junit is part of maven-core, but the user have to declare junit as dependency with test scope with their own version. ie junit is not a plugin. you dont specify plugin as dependency but as plugin declaration in However, you can use pluginManagement at root pom to ensure all child

[m2] plugins vs dependencies

2005-11-05 Thread Jeff Jensen
Hello, If I understand plugins and dependencies correctly, JUnit is a plugin. Yet, the POM examples I see have it as a dependency. It seems useful to have it as a dependency, as then one can use test. I don't know how one could specify a dependency as a plugin, but vice-versa is true (and commo