Index: test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/m2/PomModuleDescriptorParserTest.java
===================================================================
--- test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/m2/PomModuleDescriptorParserTest.java	(revision 835571)
+++ test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/m2/PomModuleDescriptorParserTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -441,7 +441,8 @@
         assertEquals(3, dds.length);
         assertEquals(ModuleRevisionId.newInstance("commons-logging", "commons-logging", "1.0.4"),
             dds[0].getDependencyRevisionId());
-        assertEquals(new HashSet(Arrays.asList(new String[] {"optional"})), new HashSet(Arrays
+        assertEquals(new HashSet(Arrays.asList(new String[] {"optional", "transitive-sources",
+                "transitive-javadoc"})), new HashSet(Arrays
                 .asList(dds[0].getModuleConfigurations())));
         //I don't know what it should be.  Ivy has no notion of optional dependencies
         //assertEquals(new HashSet(Arrays.asList(new String[] {"compile(*)", "runtime(*)",
@@ -480,7 +481,8 @@
         assertEquals(3, dds.length);
         assertEquals(ModuleRevisionId.newInstance("odmg", "odmg", "3.0"), dds[0]
                 .getDependencyRevisionId());
-        assertEquals(new HashSet(Arrays.asList(new String[] {"runtime"})), new HashSet(Arrays
+        assertEquals(new HashSet(Arrays.asList(new String[] {"runtime", "transitive-sources",
+                "transitive-javadoc"})), new HashSet(Arrays
                 .asList(dds[0].getModuleConfigurations())));
         assertEquals(new HashSet(Arrays.asList(new String[] {"compile(*)", "runtime(*)",
                 "master(*)"})), new HashSet(Arrays.asList(dds[0]
@@ -518,8 +520,9 @@
         assertEquals(3, dds.length);
         assertEquals(ModuleRevisionId.newInstance("commons-logging", "commons-logging", "1.0.4"),
             dds[0].getDependencyRevisionId());
-        assertEquals(new HashSet(Arrays.asList(new String[] {"compile", "runtime"})), new HashSet(
-                Arrays.asList(dds[0].getModuleConfigurations())));
+        assertEquals(new HashSet(Arrays.asList(new String[] {"compile", "runtime",
+                "transitive-sources", "transitive-javadoc"})), new HashSet(Arrays.asList(dds[0]
+                .getModuleConfigurations())));
         assertEquals(new HashSet(Arrays.asList(new String[] {"master(*)", "compile(*)"})),
             new HashSet(Arrays.asList(dds[0].getDependencyConfigurations("compile"))));
         assertEquals(new HashSet(Arrays.asList(new String[] {"runtime(*)"})), new HashSet(Arrays
@@ -621,7 +624,7 @@
             dds[0].getDependencyRevisionId());
         assertEquals("There is no special artifact when there is no classifier", 
                      0, dds[0].getAllDependencyArtifacts().length);
-        assertEquals("The number of configurations is incorrect", 1, dds[0].getModuleConfigurations().length);
+        assertEquals("The number of configurations is incorrect", 3, dds[0].getModuleConfigurations().length);
         assertEquals("The configuration must be test", "test", dds[0].getModuleConfigurations()[0]);
     }
     
Index: src/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/resolver/BasicResolver.java
===================================================================
--- src/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/resolver/BasicResolver.java	(revision 835571)
+++ src/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/resolver/BasicResolver.java	(working copy)
@@ -218,14 +218,16 @@
             }
             
             checkInterrupted();
-            
+
+            // try to find a descriptor of the module
             ResolvedResource ivyRef = findIvyFileRef(nsDd, data);
             checkInterrupted();
 
-            // get module descriptor
             ModuleDescriptor nsMd;
             ModuleDescriptor systemMd = null;
             if (ivyRef == null) {
+                // no module descriptor found in the repository, let's have a default one, 
+                // if allowed, based on the first artifact found.
                 if (!isAllownomd()) {
                     throw new UnresolvedDependencyException(
                         "\t" + getName() + ": no ivy file found for " + systemMrid, false);
@@ -258,6 +260,7 @@
                             systemMd.getAllArtifacts()[0], null, getCacheOptions(data));
                 }
             } else {
+                // module descriptor found, let's parse it
                 if (ivyRef instanceof MDResolvedResource) {
                     rmr = ((MDResolvedResource) ivyRef).getResolvedModuleRevision();
                 }
Index: src/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/m2/PomModuleDescriptorBuilder.java
===================================================================
--- src/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/m2/PomModuleDescriptorBuilder.java	(revision 835571)
+++ src/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/m2/PomModuleDescriptorBuilder.java	(working copy)
@@ -100,11 +100,19 @@
                 + "looked up in a repository.",
                 new String[0], true, null),
         new Configuration("sources", Visibility.PUBLIC,
-            "this configuration contains the source artifact of this module, if any.",
-            new String[0], true, null),
+                "this configuration contains the source artifact of this module, if any.",
+                new String[0], true, null),
+        new Configuration("transitive-sources", Visibility.PUBLIC,
+                "this configuration contains the source artifact of this module and every of its "
+                + "transitive dependencies, if any.",
+                new String[] { "sources" }, true, null),
         new Configuration("javadoc", Visibility.PUBLIC,
-            "this configuration contains the javadoc artifact of this module, if any.",
-            new String[0], true, null),
+                "this configuration contains the javadoc artifact of this module, if any.",
+                new String[0], true, null),
+        new Configuration("transitive-javadoc", Visibility.PUBLIC,
+                "this configuration contains the javadoc artifact of this module, and every of its "
+                + "transitive dependencies, if any.",
+                new String[] { "javadoc" }, true, null),
         new Configuration("optional", Visibility.PUBLIC, 
                 "contains all optional dependencies", new String[0], true, null)
                 };
@@ -294,6 +302,10 @@
         scope = (scope == null || scope.length() == 0) ? getDefaultScope(dep) : scope;
         ConfMapper mapping = (ConfMapper) MAVEN2_CONF_MAPPING.get(scope);
         mapping.addMappingConfs(dd, dep.isOptional());
+
+        dd.addDependencyConfiguration("transitive-sources", "transitive-sources(sources)");
+        dd.addDependencyConfiguration("transitive-javadoc", "transitive-javadoc(javadoc)");
+
         Map extraAtt = new HashMap();
         if ((dep.getClassifier() != null) || (dep.getType() != null)) {
             String type = "jar";
Index: src/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/m2/PomModuleDescriptorWriter.java
===================================================================
--- src/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/m2/PomModuleDescriptorWriter.java	(revision 835571)
+++ src/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/m2/PomModuleDescriptorWriter.java	(working copy)
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@
     public static final ConfigurationScopeMapping DEFAULT_MAPPING 
         = new ConfigurationScopeMapping(new HashMap() {
             {
-                put("compile, runtime", "compile");
-                put("runtime", "runtime");
+                put("compile, runtime, transitive-sources, transitive-javadoc", "compile");
+                put("runtime, transitive-sources, transitive-javadoc", "runtime");
                 put("provided", "provided");
                 put("test", "test");
                 put("system", "system");