I have been using Maven for decades.
I have a question about import scope.
My mental model of this feature has always been the following:
Suppose my project has:
*pom*
*import*
My understanding is that the imported pom's element
is effectively "copied over
I see one clarification to add to your "by value" explanation: what is imported
is the dependencyManagement content from the *effective* imported model, ie
with its interpolation (properties substitution) already done
I don't see how any property from the imported model could affect the importi