[SMX4NMR-256] Use 'import' scope to reduce number of managed dependencies

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.4.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.0
• Assignee: Gert Vanthienen
• Reporter: Gert Vanthienen
• Created: 03/Mar/11 12:14
• Updated: 03/Mar/11 12:33
• Resolved: 03/Mar/11 12:33

Description

Since Maven 2.0.9, it is possible to use 'import' scope with a POM dependency to get all the managed dependencies from that POM included.

We can use this technique to avoid duplicating all the Karaf managed dependencies inside our NMR build. As a side effect, upgrading to a newer version of Karaf also becomes a lot easier because it's just on property value to change instead of having to make sure that all the Aries/Felix/... bits are aligned as well.