Forget what I said, I guess I was drunk. Sure it only works in depMgmt.
2013/6/24 Stephen Connolly <stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> > Scope import only applies to dependencyManagement, or at least that is my > understanding... If it has changed I'd appreciate the links > > On Sunday, 23 June 2013, Baptiste MATHUS wrote: > > > +1, but you may want to also insist on using scope=import. > > > > Because if you don't, for example, you won't test scope deps of that pom, > > etc. > > > > Cheers > > > > > > 2013/6/23 Laird Nelson <ljnel...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> > > > > > On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Baptiste MATHUS <bmat...@batmat.net > <javascript:;> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > One other way would be to define an additional module which would be > of > > > > type pom, and would serve as a dedicated import pom. That pom would > > > simply > > > > depend on the modules you want to provide. > > > > > > > > > > I wanted to reiterate this point because there is no Maven > documentation > > > that reveals that this is possible, and it is one of the most powerful > > ways > > > to put together a large, modular system. > > > > > > To be clear: a project of packaging type pom can be used as a regular > old > > > dependency. Anything it depends on will be pulled in transitively. > > > > > > Among other things this means you can whip up a pom.xml that "fronts" > > > complicated dependencies with custom exclusions and all the other bells > > and > > > whistles, but then tell your development team to just depend on this > > > "facade pom". That frees you as well to change its makeup as > underlying > > > artifact versions change, bugs are fixed, dependencies are eliminated, > > etc. > > > It's effectively a way to version a subset of a pom independent of the > > > rest of that pom (which some would argue should have been part of Maven > > in > > > the first place). > > > > > > This may be clear to some, but it is certainly not clear to everyone > and > > it > > > deserves special mention. It's powerful stuff. > > > > > > Best, > > > Laird > > > > > > -- > > > http://about.me/lairdnelson > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Baptiste <Batmat> MATHUS - http://batmat.net > > Sauvez un arbre, > > Mangez un castor ! > > > > > -- > Sent from my phone > -- Baptiste <Batmat> MATHUS - http://batmat.net Sauvez un arbre, Mangez un castor !
