(maven) branch master updated: Fix Javadoc about default value of consumer POM flattening

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     new 88a793ab91 Fix Javadoc about default value of consumer POM flattening
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commit 88a793ab91d40f086a55430787c6f857a2138f22
Author: Arend von Reinersdorff <ar...@arendvr.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Jul 28 08:21:55 2026 +0200

    Fix Javadoc about default value of consumer POM flattening
    
    Corrects the documentation for MAVEN_CONSUMER_POM_FLATTEN: the default
    is false (preserve dependency management), not true (flatten).
    
    Closes #12471
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 api/maven-api-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/Constants.java | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/api/maven-api-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/Constants.java b/api/maven-api-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/Constants.java
index d9a8dbd15b..4e799dc306 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/Constants.java
+++ b/api/maven-api-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/Constants.java
@@ -490,9 +490,9 @@ public final class Constants {
 
     /**
      * User property for controlling consumer POM flattening behavior.
-     * When set to <code>true</code> (default), consumer POMs are flattened by removing
+     * When set to <code>true</code>, consumer POMs are flattened by removing
      * dependency management and keeping only direct dependencies with transitive scopes.
-     * When set to <code>false</code>, consumer POMs preserve dependency management
+     * When set to <code>false</code> (default), consumer POMs preserve dependency management
      * like parent POMs, allowing dependency management to be inherited by consumers.
      *
      * @since 4.1.0