And you can use some open source organization pom from Apache or Maven itself
http://search.maven.org/#search%7Cgav%7C1%7Cg%3A%22org.apache%22%20AND%20a%3A%22apache%22 http://search.maven.org/#search%7Cgav%7C1%7Cg%3A%22org.apache.maven%22%20AND%20a%3A%22maven-parent%22 or a more complete one like my own https://github.com/simpligility/progressive-organization-pom and override what you want yourself or even fork and maintain your own copy. There are lots of parents like that around ... Manfred Ron Wheeler wrote on 2016-07-03 16:40: > A quick google gets you > https://maven.apache.org/pom.html#Plugin_Management > > You can add a plug-in management section to your parent pom to control > the version used in all of your project poms. > > https://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-pom.html > > Ron > > On 03/07/2016 5:45 PM, Alex Ditu wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Can anyone provide some help regarding plugin versions? I want to use >> the latest version of maven-war-plugin (or at least one greater than >> 2.3); so i decided to install the latest version of maven, 3.3.9. >> But when I execute "mvn help:effective-pom" I see it still uses 2.3 >> version of maven-war-plugin. >> My first question is: where does maven read wich plugin version to >> use, if I don't specify one? >> I tought it was in the super-pom, but I didn't find anything >> there...Can anyone help me understand what is happening? >> >> Alex >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >> >> > > > -- > Ron Wheeler > President > Artifact Software Inc > email: rwhee...@artifact-software.com > skype: ronaldmwheeler > phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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