[jira] [Commented] (MNG-6748) Aggregate pom to set properties for all modules

["Robert Scholte (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Robert Scholte commented on MNG-6748:
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The challenge you'll face is the following: somebody wants to add module1 as a dependency to his project. The "common" dependency is a transitive dependency, but what is its version? It cannot be solved via inheritence.
One way to solve this is by using a [bom file|https://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-dependency-mechanism.html#Importing_Dependencies] but in case of just 1 dependency it is acutally overhead.


> Aggregate pom to set properties for all modules
> -----------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: MNG-6748
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6748
>             Project: Maven
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>            Reporter: Allyn Tobey
>            Priority: Major
>
> It would be nice to be able to pass properties from an aggregate pom to module poms during a build.
> Example: A project with 2 modules with different parent poms from the aggregate and want to share a version of a common dependency. The dependency is not available from the parent perspective. Each module would have to have a full GAV for a dependency, but could share the version so they will match.
>  
> Proposed Solution: Any property given in the aggregate pom would be available (and overwrite matching child module properties) to the child modules during build process.
>  
> Another [example|[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52379013/how-to-set-environment-variable-in-maven-aggregator-without-inheritance-to-be-re]] with similar expectations.



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