[jira] [Commented] (MNG-7005) Support Gradle style GAV form for dependencies

["Michael Osipov (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Michael Osipov commented on MNG-7005:
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There is already a similar issue. This won't and cannot happen before version 4 or 5 with a model change. Moreover,  you proposal does not scale, you cannot exclude transitive dependencies. 

> Support Gradle style GAV form for dependencies
> ----------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: MNG-7005
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-7005
>             Project: Maven
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Chris Caspanello
>            Priority: Major
>
>  
> I'm currently migrating a project from Gradle to Maven.  One thing that makes pom files so large is the typical 5 lines for a dependnecy.  It would be nice to be able to define the dependency similar to Gradle
> Instead of :
> {code:java}
> <dependencies>
>   <dependency>
>     <groupId>myGroup</groupId>
>     <artifactId>myArtifact</artifactId>
>     <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
>   </dependency>
>   <dependency>
>     <groupId>anotherGroup</groupId>
>     <artifactId>anotherArtifact</artifactId>
>     <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
>   </dependency>
> </dependencies>{code}
>  
>  
> It would be less verbose to use a <gav> block like this:
>  
> {code:java}
> <dependencies>
>  <gav>myGruop:myArtifact:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</gav>
>  <gav>anotherGroup:anotherArtifact:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</gav>
> </dependencies>
> {code}
>  
> I think an improvement like this would make Maven less verbose; one of the things that is attractive about Gradle.
> I may be over simplifying this; but under the covers we'd just split the gav block on the semi colon and popoulate the existing dependency model.
>  



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