maven-gae-plugin 0.9.2 is deploying with google app engine 1.5.2, but should be 1.6.1

Question

mvn gae:deploy gave us the following "info":

[INFO]

[INFO] <<< maven-gae-plugin:0.9.2:deploy (default-cli) @ gk <<<

[INFO]

[INFO] --- maven-gae-plugin:0.9.2:deploy (default-cli) @ gk ---

[INFO] Updating Google App Engine Server...

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There is a new version of the SDK available.

Latest SDK: Release: 1.6.1 Timestamp: Wed Nov 09 16:16:16 EST 2011 API versions: [1.0]

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Your SDK: Release: 1.5.2 Timestamp: Mon Jul 18 19:48:56 EDT 2011 API versions: [1.0]

But we have gae version 1.6.1 in my pom.xml file:

<gae.version>1.6.1</gae.version>

And we're sure the code is compiled with 1.6.1.

How do we make sure 1.6.1 is used to deploy?

( apologize for the format :( )

Answer 1

You can force the version:

        <properties>
            <gae.version>1.6.1</gae.version>
        </properties>

        <plugin>
            <groupId>net.kindleit</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-gae-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>0.9.2</version>
            <configuration>
                <unpackVersion>${gae.version}</unpackVersion>
            </configuration>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <phase>validate</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <!--suppress MavenModelInspection -->
                        <goal>unpack</goal>
                    </goals>
                </execution>
            </executions>
            <dependencies>
                <dependency>
                    <groupId>net.kindleit</groupId>
                    <artifactId>gae-runtime</artifactId>
                    <version>${gae.version}</version>
                    <type>pom</type>
                </dependency>
            </dependencies>
        </plugin>

The unpack goal gives maven ability to download GAE SDK and store it in local maven repo (/.m2). Use it with mvn gae:unpack