Maven 2 & 3

Emit warning when dependency with scope import but inproper type is declared

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  • Type: Improvement Improvement
  • Status: Closed Closed
  • Priority: Minor Minor
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Affects Version/s: 3.0
  • Fix Version/s: 3.0.1
  • Component/s: Dependencies, POM
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  • Complexity:
    Intermediate
  • Number of attachments :
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Description

Import of managed dependencies works only if the managed depencency uses scope import and is of type pom. The latter condition is easily forgotten/overlooked by users which then wonder why the import doesn't work. Maven should emit a validation warning to help troubleshoot this typo.

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Benjamin Bentmann added a comment -

Done in r1037689.

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Benjamin Bentmann added a comment - Done in r1037689 .

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    Benjamin Bentmann
    Reporter:
    Benjamin Bentmann
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