[jira] Created: (MNG-4525) Separate settings for infrastructure related tasks

["Oskar Carlstedt (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

Separate settings for infrastructure related tasks
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                 Key: MNG-4525
                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-4525
             Project: Maven 2 & 3
          Issue Type: Improvement
         Environment: *
            Reporter: Oskar Carlstedt


Hello!

I've been using Maven for a long time now and so to say, I almost love it. So, first of all. Thanks for a really great product and a superb work.

During my projects I've seen some situations that Maven can't handle in a good way. Most situations are about changes in the IT infrastructure. It can be as simple things as changing the domain or path to the SCM. The most ideal situation would be if settings related to infrastructure could be saved in a global settings file read by Maven. In such way it would be possible to use global infrastructure configurations for all projects. E.g. when changing the domain of an SCM url, it is just about changing one parameter in a global settings file.

Some posts say this doable by using parent projects. But when a parent project is released, then it is not possible to change any part of it that does not affect the actual build, without updating the repository version, or maybe more correct adding a new minor version. Changing the version of a parent project is not possible without updating each child project to use the new parent. If it was possible to use version scopes of parent project, this would be doable. But, I agree to all the critics about this, then it would be difficulties in specifying an exact build.

So the feature request is about adding an extra level of settings that does not affect the build itself. I'm aware of that this feature can be misused and make builds hard to understand. But I see it as a must in commercial environments that changes over time.

Best regards
Oskar Carlstedt




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