How Can I have an empty version tag in Maven3

Question

I want a dependency to be resolved with no version. Maven 3 is forcing me to use a version, I can't provide a version for the system scope jar I'm resolving. Thanks.

Answer 1

You can use a system property define as below to resolve dependency.

<properties>
    <org.springframework.version>3.0.5.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
</properties>

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
    <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>

You also have the option to provide Dependency Version Ranges. You might want to do is something like <version>[1.2.3,)</version>