[jboss-dev] Dependencies, class in multiple jar files, JBAS-1796, JBAS-6444

[Jesper Pedersen]

On Wednesday 11 February 2009 07:06:15 Jay Balunas wrote:
> Jesper and I were discussing this yesterday and we also think adding
> in features of my Delver [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/delve] tool
> would be useful.
>
> This tool scans directories for jars and inspects the manifest.  It's
> primary function is to report on lib versions, and locations so you
> can identify duplicate jar files, and version mismatch.   This tool
> was how we found 3 different hibernate versions in EAP, and duplicate
> libs all over the place.  These could fit nicely together and could
> provide detailed overviews of distributions.
>

I have added a Manifest entry to the Archive class - and dump it in the Jar 
file report.

So they should turn up - lets try a run on EAP tomorrow or something...

> Future options include:
>   * ant tasks, and maven plugins for this.
>   * Enable scanning of war, ear, etc...
>   * trigger test failures based on various conditions
>   * maven dependency reporting
>   * etc...
>

Yep, nice list - sounds like we got a contributer :D


Best regards,
 Jesper

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Jesper Pedersen
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