Re: overriding inherited properties: what's the semantics?

2010-10-19 Thread Wayne Fay
> Also: if overriding inherited properties is a supported concept, > it would be cool if maven would follow the lead of good OO programming > languages: let the user specify whether a property definition is intended > to create a fresh property vs. override an inherited one (think @Override). The

Re: overriding inherited properties: what's the semantics?

2010-10-19 Thread Stephan Herrmann
Let me add an example of what I observed and couldn't find any documentation about: my-group my-parent-pom svn.my.host.org trunk/maven/my-parent-project scm:svn:svn://${scm-host}/${project-scm-path}

overriding inherited properties: what's the semantics?

2010-10-18 Thread Stephan Herrmann
I've observed some unexpected behavior when a declaration in a parent pom uses a property that is overridden in a child pom. While waiting for parameterized mixins I'd love to know to what degree property overriding can actually simulate parameterization. Is this a FAQ? Were should I search for