RFC: Maven Repository Specification

[Torsten Werner]

Hi Damien,


On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Damien Raude-Morvan
<drazzib-ml at drazzib.com> wrote:
> - Usage of system scope dependencies
> I'm really reluctant to use system scope + systemPath to replace missing POM
> descriptors, especially when we'll need to replace some "test" scope
> dependencies. Those system scope dependencies will end up into
> $REPO/.../$myProject-$version.pom and increase transitive dependencies of
> $myProject. Maybe we should clearly remove test dependencies when they need
> missing POM ?

you are right. I will fix that. It is more work for me but it is worth.

> - Version properties
> Your spec. isn't really clear about patching of POM to remove/replace version
> information. What do you intend to do with "<version>${org.apache.maven.maven-
> core.version}</version>" ? Where is org.apache.maven.maven-core.version
> property is defined ?

It is automatically defined by the build tool (maven-debian-helper).
I'll try to make the text more verbose.

> Why not use something like this : "[2.0,3.0)" ?

Because Maven will pick a somewhat random version in that case. But
our properties will point to the exact version installed on the
system. I think that is important.


Cheers,
Torsten