Dana, just to clarify, he was asking about variables in dependencies.
I don't think the parent is considered a <dependency> in the technical
sense that Maven uses.

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Lacoste, Dana (TSG Software San Diego)
<[email protected]> wrote:
> No, with maven 2 you cannot have a variable in the parent version.  The 
> string will be interpreted literally without dereferencing the variable name.
>
> Similarly, you can't have an empty version number: the parent MUST have a 
> defined version number and it MUST be absolute and not contain any variables.
>
> variables work fine in any other version number, however.  ranges, on the 
> other hand, do not ;)
>
> Dana Lacoste
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Paul Benedict
> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 4:37 PM
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> Subject: Re: maven 3 inheritance
>
>> ...and parent versions?
>
> Good question. You'll have to find out if the project hierarchy or
> dependency resolution is processed first. Report back and tell us!
>
> Paul
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