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

[Anil Saldhana]

Jason,
   actually it should be the other way.  Rather than exclusions, we 
should have inclusions.  Out of this universe of transitive 
dependencies, I like to choose this, this and that.  Just download those 
and nothing else.

Regards,
Anil

On 05/14/2012 12:42 PM, Jason T. Greene wrote:
> 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? :)
>