[MNG-6748] Aggregate pom to set properties for all modules

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Allyn Tobey opened MNG-6748 and commented

It would be nice to be able to pass properties from an aggregate pom to module poms during a build.

Example: A project with 2 modules with different parent poms from the aggregate and want to share a version of a common dependency. The dependency is not available from the parent perspective. Each module would have to have a full GAV for a dependency, but could share the version so they will match.

 

Proposed Solution: Any property given in the aggregate pom would be available (and overwrite matching child module properties) to the child modules during build process.

 

Another example with similar expectations.

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Robert Scholte commented

The challenge you'll face is the following: somebody wants to add module1 as a dependency to his project. The "common" dependency is a transitive dependency, but what is its version? It cannot be solved via inheritence.
One way to solve this is by using a bom file but in case of just 1 dependency it is acutally overhead.