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Benjamin Bentmann updated MNG-4456: ----------------------------------- Affects Version/s: 2.2.1 > Deprecate fully qualified pathnames in system path > -------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-4456 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-4456 > Project: Maven 2 > Issue Type: Improvement > Affects Versions: 2.2.1 > Environment: Any. > Reporter: Jim Showalter > Priority: Minor > > You could output a deprecation warning whenever a fully qualified path is > specified, but not warn if the path starts with a variable. > For example, this would generate no warning: > <dependency> > <groupId>com.sun</groupId> > <artifactId>tools</artifactId> > <version>1.6.0</version> > <scope>system</scope> > <systemPath>${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar</systemPath> > </dependency> > but this would: > <dependency> > <groupId>yuck</groupId> > <artifactId>ugh</artifactId> > <version>4.2.8</version> > <scope>system</scope> > <systemPath>C:/dumb/way/to/set/up/maven/dependency</systemPath> > </dependency> > That way at least users are warned when they're doing something dumb, and if > they change to the variable-based form, they stand a fighting chance of > having portable builds. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira