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Michael Osipov commented on MPOM-289: ------------------------------------- Not just in Velocity: * {{maven.}} is our namespace, no one should fiddle with * Things like {{maven.version}} override important stuff which is just wrong I broke my release once by defining {{release.version}}. > Use properties to define the versions of plugins > ------------------------------------------------ > > Key: MPOM-289 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPOM-289 > Project: Maven POMs > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: asf > Reporter: Slawomir Jaranowski > Priority: Major > Fix For: ASF-30 > > > Benefit: > - properties are propagated to child projects and can be used eg in > integration test > - easier versions override -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)