I would like to create a plugin that can read and rewrite the pom.
This could be used for things like:
- sorting and cleaning up dependencies (included in the patch)
- resolving plugin versions and adding the version numbers to the pom
- look for missing configuration like the scm or license and give a warning for the stuff that's missing
- general validation or other pom related tasks?
Since there appears to be no maven pom plugin for maven 2, maybe this can be the new maven pom plugin.
The Maven Help plugin may be a good place for this.