Hi Julien, perhaps you could include the framework dependencies from a common file instead of writing them into the project xml files directly.
Jörg Schaible wrote a wiki about this topic in Maven: http://wiki.codehaus.org/maven/EnsureProjectConsistencyWithEntities Hope this helps, Jörn > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 25. März 2004 10:39 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: Dynamic dependencies > > > Hi all, I have a little (tricky) dependency problem : > > Problem : > > On the project I'm working on, we have several maven > projects, and some of > them are "frameworks" projects that are used by the other > ones. All these > projects depends of the same root project that defines the > common things > like external dependencies. > > We have something like this : > > root project > |-- project 1 > |-- project 2 > |-- project 3 > > When we decide to ship a new version of a "framework" project > (let's call > it frmk-project) , we have to update all the project.xml of > the projects > that have frmk-project as dependancy, and as we have many of > them, I was > looking for a way to make this automatic. > > Idea : > > So I thought that it would be nice to define the current "framework" > projects versions on the root project and put this version in > the other > project dependencies so a version change would only cause I > change to be > made : it would be something like : > > root maven.xml > > <j:set var="frmk.version" value="42"/> > > project 2 project.xml > > <dependency> > <groupId>foogroup</groupId> > <artifactId>frmk</artifactId> > <version>frmk.version</version> > </dependency> > > Problem : > > The problem is : how is it possible to set the variable > before getting the dependencies ? > I tried the build:start hook but it occurs later and I can't > find any previous one, or is there any other way to do this > work, or any other way to > solve this problem ? > > Thanks > > Julien K. > > > > > This message and any attachments (the "message") is > intended solely for the addressees and is confidential. > If you receive this message in error, please delete it and > immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord with > its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole > or partial, is prohibited except formal approval. The internet > can not guarantee the integrity of this message. > BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) not > therefore be liable for the message if modified. > > --------------------------------------------- > > Ce message et toutes les pieces jointes (ci-apres le > "message") sont etablis a l'intention exclusive de ses > destinataires et sont confidentiels. Si vous recevez ce > message par erreur, merci de le detruire et d'en avertir > immediatement l'expediteur. Toute utilisation de ce > message non conforme a sa destination, toute diffusion > ou toute publication, totale ou partielle, est interdite, sauf > autorisation expresse. L'internet ne permettant pas > d'assurer l'integrite de ce message, BNP PARIBAS (et ses > filiales) decline(nt) toute responsabilite au titre de ce > message, dans l'hypothese ou il aurait ete modifie. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
