dependencyManagement and scope

Question

I usually put a section in parent-project/pom.xml. This section contains dec

Answer 1

There is no gain in adding a single dependency to the dependency management, for any scope. All you have is the duplication. If you want to have the version configurable, add a property and use it in your dependency:

        4.10 
    ...
    
        junit
        junit
        ${junit.version}
    

However, there are cases where the dependency management shines - when you are using boms in order to orchestrate the versions for a larger collections of artifacts, like using a certain version of a Java EE implementation:

    
        
            org.jboss.bom
            jboss-javaee-6.0-with-tools
            ${javaee6.with.tools.version}
            pom
            import
        
....