Yes. Put it inside a dependencyManagment section and then don't specify a version where you use it. If you do specify a version, it will use that one...the depMgt is only used if no version is declared elsewhere.
-----Original Message----- From: deckrider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 4:07 PM To: Maven Users List Subject: dependencyManagement, pluginManagement, artifactManagement? Hi, I have the following two snippets in my pom.xml, but what I really want to do is define the version of my-artifact in something like 'dependencyManagement' or similar inside 'godfather-parent' so that it can be inherited. Is there a way to do this? Thanks, pom.xml snippets follow: <parent> <groupId>my.godfather</groupId> <artifactId>godfather-parent</artifactId> <version>4.5.6</version> </parent> ... <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <artifactItems> <artifactItem> <groupId>my.group.id</groupId> <artifactId>my-artifact</artifactId> <version>1.2.3</version> <type>zip</type> <overWrite>false</overWrite> <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/unpack</outputDirectory> </artifactItem> </artifactItems> <overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases> <overWriteSnapshots>true</overWriteSnapshots> </configuration> <executions> <execution> <phase>generate-sources</phase> <goals> <goal>unpack</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> </plugin> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]