title: Maven dependencies vs dependency management for multiple projects
body: <p>Sorry to ask this again. Please let me know if I got this right?</p>
  
  <p>We have a parent pom and multiple modules. Now if all children projects want to inherit the same jar files (for example spring), I can put them in  in the parent project pom and need not include them in the child pom. </p>
  
  <p>And if I put in dependencies under  in the parent pom, they are not included in all the children projects, but I can include the ones I need (for example test) by adding them in  without the need to specify a version.</p>
  
  <p>Is this right or am I totally off? Hope I'm clear on my q.</p>
  
  <p>All I need is a giant parent pom with all dependencies. The children should get some of the common dependencies automatically and the specific ones that each child needs.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>
  
  <p>Harish</p>