> > On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Howard M. Lewis Ship wrote: > > > > > From: Howard M. Lewis Ship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: Maven Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: How are plugins found? > > > Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 08:22:30 -0400 > > > X-mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 > > > > > > When you reference a particular plugin, how does Maven know where > > to get it and what version to use? > How are you referencing it? There are several ways?
Referencing as in: adding a PMD report, or making use of the <ant> jelly tags. > > > > How do you change your local environment to make use of a specific > > version of a plugin? > Remove the others is the best way, or specify a dependency on > the plugin. It seems like this aspect of Maven is very mysterious; the algorithms/behavior are not documented. I'd like to see something along the lines of: "When Maven sees <foo> in your maven.xml, it references the baz plugin, which is downloaded and installed as necessary. Maven will search for version y ...". --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
