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Brett Porter commented on MNG-624:
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you never need a ${geronimoVersion} property. version is inherited. And you'll
have to specify the parent version until this new feature is implemented (you
can't get the version of the parent to use from the parent :)
You can use the release plugin to automatically update these for you in the
mean time.
> automatic parent versioning
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>
> Key: MNG-624
> URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-624
> Project: Maven 2
> Type: Improvement
> Components: Inheritence and Interpolation
> Reporter: Brett Porter
> Assignee: Brett Porter
> Priority: Blocker
> Fix For: 2.1
>
> Original Estimate: 4 hours
> Remaining: 4 hours
>
> (this may be bumped to 2.1 or even made WON't FIX as it is contentious - see
> MNG-521)
> currently, you have to specify the parent version when extending which makes
> a project stand alone very easily, but has the drawback of being a
> maintainance problem when you start development on a new version. Tools can
> help, but it would be nice not to have to rely on them.
> One alternative is to allow the parent version to be omitted, and when it is
> it is assumed you want the latest. The parent is used from the reactor or the
> universal source directory. IT may also be read from a LATEST in the
> repository though this is contentious - it may be better to simply fail in
> that environment and require builds be in a known checkout structure for
> building individual projects.
> This also introduces the need for tool support to populate the version on
> release and deployment for reproducibility.
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