[jira] (MNG-5220) Missing ability to override or append to developers/contributors sections in POM

["Markus Spann (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

Markus Spann created MNG-5220:
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             Summary: Missing ability to override or append to developers/contributors sections in POM
                 Key: MNG-5220
                 URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5220
             Project: Maven 2 & 3
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: POM
    Affects Versions: 3.0.3
         Environment: mvn -version ==> Apache Maven 3.0.3 (r1075438; 2011-02-28 18:31:09+0100)

java -version ==> 
java version "1.6.0_20"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.9.10) (6b20-1.9.10-0ubuntu1~10.04.2)
OpenJDK Server VM (build 19.0-b09, mixed mode)

cat /proc/version ==> Linux version 2.6.32-36-generic (buildd@zirconium) (gcc version 4.4.3 (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5) ) #79-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 8 22:29:26 UTC 2011
            Reporter: Markus Spann
            Priority: Minor


The following applies to developers (dev) and contributors (contrib) elements in Maven POMs:

A dependant POM inherits both sections from its parent.
If the child POM specifies its own section having at least one entry, the parent's information is overridden.
If the child POM specifies an empty section (e.g. <contributors/>), still the parent's information is included in the effective POM.

The addition of append and override support for these sections would be desirable.

Attributes to control inheritance behavior exists for list-type plugin configurations (combine.children, combine.self).

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