Just for the record, and for future folks searching this issue, the versions plugin allows one to synchronize parent/child pom versions like so:
1. Change the root pom's version 2. Incant: mvn -N versions:update-child-modules So, yes, the version number is duplicated; but at least there's a plugin to help you keep them synchronized. See also: http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/update-child-modules-mojo.html Cheers, -Babak On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 11:58 PM, Babak Farhang <farh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Arnaud, > > Thanks for the info. I'm playing with the versions plugin: hopefully > that way I wont have to bring scm (release plugin) into the mix in > order to address this issue. > > Babak > > 2010/10/26 Arnaud Héritier <aherit...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 21:00, Arnaud bourree >>> <arnaud.bour...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> 2010/10/26 Babak Farhang <farh...@gmail.com>: >>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>> >>>>> I have a nested, multi-module project in which every module's pom >>>>> inherits from a root pom. I'd like to find a way to avoid duplicating >>>>> the parent pom version number in every submodule. The aim is to keep >>>>> the version number for these submodules in sync with one another, from >>>>> one release to the next. Here's a strategy I've tried using >>>>> profiles.xml that doesn't quite work. >> >> It is impossible for now. >> It is forbidden/not recommended to use properties in GAV >> (GroupId/ArtifactId/Version) >> The minimum you can do now is to set the version in the parent pom and in >> each child in the parent section >> For dependencies between modules you can use ${project.version} >> In a near future (Maven 3.1 in theory) you won't have anymore to set the >> version in the parent element if your module defines the relative path to >> its parent or if it follows the convention to have it in its parent directory >> To ensure to keep the same version everywhere you use the release plugin >> which will update them for you. >> The versions plugin could help you too. >> >> Cheers >> >> >> Arnaud >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
