[forge-dev] Manipulating the pom: classifiers and dependencyManagement

[Lincoln Baxter, III]

https://issues.jboss.org/browse/SEAMFORGE-142

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Dan Allen <dan.j.allen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there an issue report? If so, we can shop it around the twitter-sphere.
> Sounds like a good opportunity for a newcomer to tackle, as ALR likes to
> emphasize.
>
> -Dan
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 20:23, Lincoln Baxter, III <
> lincolnbaxter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, definitely come to the conclusion that this needs to be supported;
>> however, it will have to wait until after JBW unless someone else wants to
>> take a stab :)
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Dan Allen <dan.j.allen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 13:23, Dan Allen <dan.j.allen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 18:24, Lincoln Baxter, III <
>>>> lincolnbaxter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> As far as classifiers. I've been intentionally avoiding them because it
>>>>> adds a lot of complexity to the dependency API. What do you need?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regardless of whether you like classifiers in general, you can't ignore
>>>> the fact that they are part of a dependency. You really need to support them
>>>> or else the forge dep support is just incomplete.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I agree that they are bad for distinguishing between two artifacts (like
>>> in the case of testng). The main intention for them is to
>>> reference complementary jars, like -source, -javadoc, etc. Of course, you
>>> don't need to add those as dependencies.
>>>
>>> -Dan
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dan Allen
>>> Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action
>>> Registered Linux User #231597
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Lincoln Baxter, III
>> http://ocpsoft.com
>> http://scrumshark.com
>> "Keep it Simple"
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Dan Allen
> Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action
> Registered Linux User #231597
>
> http://www.google.com/profiles/dan.j.allen#about
> http://mojavelinux.com
> http://mojavelinux.com/seaminaction
>
>


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Lincoln Baxter, III
http://ocpsoft.com
http://scrumshark.com
"Keep it Simple"
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