[jbosstools-dev] Libmanagement issues

[Snjezana Peco]

Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:
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>>>> Is this will show newer versions of libraries (which come into maven 
>>>> repository after user has got the plugin)? 
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>>> If I understood correctly users can edit these from the wizard, or 
>>> was that to be done afterwards in the pom editor in the current 
>>> version, Snjezana  ? 
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>> Users can edit dependencies within wizardPages and other Maven 
>> artifacts (repositories, plugins) by editing pom.xml after creating 
>> the project.
>> We can also add a possibility to let users add new templates using the 
>> UI (without the ext. point and pom.xml).
>>
>> Dima,
>> Maven requires you to specify exactly the version of a library that 
>> will be used.
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> I thought Maven supported version ranges ? 
> http://www.sonatype.com/books/maven-book/reference/pom-relationships-sect-version-ranges.html
>   
You are right. I forgot.

> Note: I prefer specific versions too, which is fine for this usecase - 
> would just be good if users could adjust them in the wizard at creation 
> time.
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The user can adjust the version, add/remove/change a dependency on the 
wizard page. I suppose that it is possible to search for available 
versions using Nexus indexer. Do we need to create a jira for this?

Snjeza