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

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 13:23, Dan Allen <dan.j.allen(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 18:24, Lincoln Baxter, III < > lincolnbaxter(a)gmail.com&gt; 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 http://www.google.com/profiles/dan.j.allen#about http://mojavelinux.com http://mojavelinux.com/seaminaction