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Olivier Lamy commented on MNG-5251: ----------------------------------- for build reproducibility, I think IMHO this is something we must *NOT* support. what will happened for something [1.0,), you will use SNAPSHOT sometimes (depending on available plugin repositories in your settings). +1 to mark as Won't fix. > Cannot use version range for plugin > ----------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-5251 > URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5251 > Project: Maven 2 & 3 > Issue Type: Bug > Components: POM > Affects Versions: 3.0.4 > Environment: Windows 7 SP1, Java 1.6u29 > Reporter: Michal Michalski > > There's no way for use version ranges for plugins in POM, like this: > {code:xml} > <project ...> > ... > <build> > <plugins> > <plugin> > <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> > <artifactId>jboss-packaging-maven-plugin</artifactId> > <version>[2.1, 2.2]</version> > <extensions>true</extensions> > </plugin> > </plugins> > </build> > ... > </project> > {code} > I've also tried use of version range in {{<pluginManagement />}}, but still > doesn't work. > Console output after {{mvn package}}: > {code} > [ERROR] Plugin org.codehaus.mojo:jboss-packaging-maven-plugin:[2.1, 2.2] or > one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read ar > tifact descriptor for > org.codehaus.mojo:jboss-packaging-maven-plugin:jar:[2.1, 2.2]: Could not > transfer artifact org.codehaus.mojo:jboss-pac > kaging-maven-plugin:pom:[2.1, 2.2] from/to Custom-repo-plugins > (http://nexus:8080/nexus/content/groups/custom): IllegalArgumentException: > Ille > gal character in path at index 93: > http:/nexus:8080/nexus/content/groups/custom/org/codehaus/mojo/jboss-packaging-maven-plugin/[2.1, > 2.2 > ]/jboss-packaging-maven-plugin-[2.1, 2.2].pom -> [Help 1] > [ERROR] > [ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e > switch. > [ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging. > [ERROR] > [ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please > read the following articles: > [ERROR] [Help 1] > http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginResolutionException > {code} -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira