[jboss-dev] Re: jaxen in AS

[Dimitris Andreadis]

+1

we must move to the direction of explicitly defining every component's dependencies, and the 
top build should only reference the direct and not indirect dependencies.

Thomas Diesler wrote:
> I see that jaxen.jar is not included in AS50. Therefore the current
> jbpem-bpel.sar (1.1.0-Beta4) which also does not include jaxen anymore
> but depends on it does not run in AS50
> 
> What other component uses jaxen? If there is none, then jbpem-bpel.sar
> should include jaxen.jar
> 
> More generally, I suggest we radically remove all thirdparty jars that
> are not referenced from component-info.xml and make it a requirement
> that a component declares its dependencies. This should avoid the
> problem of carrying over stale thirdparty jars that nobody knows what
> they are used for.
> 
> In other words, to answer the question: What component uses jar X? I
> only need to scan the component-info.xml(s) for X
> 
> cheers
> -thomas
>