Hi guys,

Please read this, especially the bold parts.

We've created user-facing boms: drools-bom, jbpm-bom, optaplanner-bom, guvnor-bom and kie-bom.
This way, users can do:

<dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>
      <dependency>
            <groupId>org.drools</groupId>
            <artifactId>drools-bom</artifactId>
            <type>pom</type>
            <version>6.0.0.Final</version>
            <scope>import</scope>
      </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
...
<dependencies>
   <dependency>
       <groupId>org.drools</groupId>
       <artifactId>drools-compiler</artifactId><!-- No version needed :) -->
   <dependency>
   <dependency>
       <groupId>org.drools</groupId>
       <artifactId>drools-decisiontables</artifactId><!-- No version needed :) -->
   <dependency>
</dependencies>

1) When you create a new module in any kie repository (for example jbpm-foo),
instead of adding an entry in droolsjbpm-build-bootstrap,
now add an entry in the appropriate bom file.
- The bom files are in the git repo droolsjbpm-build-bootstrap.
- The new module's groupId determines its bom file:
-- groupId org.kie => kie-bom
-- groupId org.drools => drools-bom
-- groupId org.optaplanner => optaplanner-bom
-- groupId org.jbpm => jbpm-bom
-- groupId org.guvnor => guvnor-bom
- Normally you 'll add 2-3 entries: normal, classifier sources and classifier test-jar
For example: modules in drools-bom:
  https://github.com/droolsjbpm/droolsjbpm-build-bootstrap/blob/master/drools-bom/pom.xml#L86

2) When you add a new external dependency (for example richfaces-core) or update/delete an existing one,
instead of changing droolsjbpm-build-bootstrap,
now change the pom file kie-parent-with-dependencies
- the bom files do not extend kie-parent-with-dependencies, but kie-parent-with-dependencies imports the bom files
- kie-parent-with-dependencies is in a subdirectory of git repository droolsjbpm-build-bootstrap
   https://github.com/droolsjbpm/droolsjbpm-build-bootstrap/blob/master/kie-parent-with-dependencies/pom.xml#L22
- kie-parent-with-dependencies holds a properties list of all versions and the dependencyManagement section
-- Note: the ongoing platform bom work will affect this, but I 'll explain that in a new mail when it's done.
- All new repo's root poms should extend kie-parent-with-dependencies (NOT kie-parent-metadata)
- Reminder (long time standing rule): No poms except for kie-parent-with-dependencies should mention versions of dependencies
-- Some modules violate this and might run into issues during productization when their dependency versions don't align with the rest.

3) When you add/change/delete a build plugin or any other metadata (anything except dependencies),
instead of changing droolsjbpm-build-bootstrap,
now change the pom file kie-parent-metadata
- the bom files do extends kie-parent-metadata.
- kie-parent-with-dependencies extends kie-parent-metadata - so effectively everything extends kie-parent-metadata
- kie-parent-metadata is in the root of git repository droolsjbpm-build-bootstrap
   https://github.com/droolsjbpm/droolsjbpm-build-bootstrap/blob/master/pom.xml

Questions, suggestions, feedback: let me know.

The repo droolsjbpm-build-bootstrap's restructure is now finished - feel free to make changes there again.