>From my adventures in trying to do this, I've found that it's just not a good idea in the current state of things. There are some things that can be done with dependencyManagement and pluginManagement, but that only goes so far.
My suggestion is to standardize things via archetypes to generate POMs in a certain fashion. For common "automated build" stuff use profile settings for the build user. -Nathan -----Original Message----- From: Dhananjay Nene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 1:34 PM To: Maven Users List Subject: How to implement an organisational super pom ? I need to implement a common pom which can be inherited by a large number of projects. However the common pom does not reflect a top level module and does not have any sources or artifacts (since it is used only for inheritance). My attempts so far lead me to believe that maven requires me to assign a version to the common pom, and the release management workflow tries to checkout a project corresponding to top level pom which obviously fails in my case. How can I implement a common pom (like the maven super pom) so that the common pom is used only for inheritance, and each pom which refers to it (as a parent ??) is in fact a top level application (and not a module/sub module) ? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This message and any included attachments are from Cerner Corporation and are intended only for the addressee. The information contained in this message is confidential and may constitute inside or non-public information under international, federal, or state securities laws. Unauthorized forwarding, printing, copying, distribution, or use of such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the addressee, please promptly delete this message and notify the sender of the delivery error by e-mail or you may call Cerner's corporate offices in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A at (+1) (816)221-1024. ------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
