[jbosstools-dev] Mail from Koen about dependencies

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

(for some reason koen gets emails but cant send to the list...working on that, but in the meantime here is his mail)

Guys,
 
Do we have a policy regarding exporting dependencies of a plugin to
possible extenders of this plugin? Or do we expect extenders to include
the dependencies themselves in their extensions?
 
 
An example: 
 
plugin A depends on:
  plugin 1
  plugin 2
  plugin 3
 
plugin B depends on 
  plugin 1
  plugin 3
  plugin A
 
plugin C depends on 
  plugin 1
  plugin 3
  plugin A
 
The way this can be tackled AFAIK is 
- including the dependencies of B and C in extenso in the manifest file
- exporting the dependencies of plugin A on plugin 1 and plugin 3 and
only including a dependency on plugin A in plugin B and plugin C
 
Do we have a preferred way?
 
Regards,
Koen