[jboss-as7-dev] Reminder about pom.xml exclusions

[Jason T. Greene]

On 5/14/12 12:05 PM, David M. Lloyd wrote:
> Just a reminder that when you add a new Maven dependency to AS7, before
> submitting the pull request, be SURE to thoroughly audit the output of
> "mvn dependency:tree" and make sure that all transitive dependencies are
> excluded in the main "pom.xml" - even if they look harmless!  If you
> don't, we can run into a problem where different versions of Maven or
> different JDKs give different dependency graphs, resulting in builds
> that work for some people but not others, which sucks for everyone involved.
>
> If there is a transitive dependency that you need, then add it in as a
> first-level dependency in the main pom.xml and specify the version directly.
>
> I think this is what is underlying
> https://issues.jboss.org/browse/AS7-4782 and I'm sure others will run
> into similar issues as well.


Paul,

Does maven have a no-transitive feature? :)

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Jason T. Greene
JBoss AS Lead / EAP Platform Architect
JBoss, a division of Red Hat