[MNG-6141] Dependency management overrides are not transitive and should be considered an anti-pattern.

**[Christian Schulte](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=schulte77)** opened **[MNG-6141](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6141?redirect=false)** and commented

Overriding the dependency management in a module's `` section, the overridden value will not be preserved transitively. It makes no sense to be able to override the dependency management in a module if that is only effective in that module and nowhere else. Overriding the dependency management from inside a `` element should be considered an anti-pattern. Maven should provide a warning when it is used. During the development of Maven 3.4, there have been quite a few discussions on dev@ about build issues which were all caused by overriding the dependency management that way without noticing this is not supported transitively.

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**Issue Links:**
- [MRESOLVER-33](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MRESOLVER-33) New 'DefaultDependencyManager' managing dependencies on all levels supporting transitive dependency management
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