[wildfly-dev] Proposal to revert component-matrix change

[Kabir Khan]

Perhaps https://github.com/jboss/bom-builder-maven-plugin can be used? I've not played with it

> On 4 May 2018, at 22:11, David Lloyd <david.lloyd at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> I've created https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFLY-10330 and
> https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFCORE-3803 to track this.
> 
> On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 4:04 PM, Jason Greene <jason.greene at redhat.com> wrote:
>> I agree. We can break the bom cycle a different way.
>> 
>>> On May 4, 2018, at 3:53 PM, David Lloyd <david.lloyd at redhat.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I propose we revert the component-matrix change.  This change is
>>> ostensibly to help in the creation of a BOM for the client libraries
>>> and other dependent projects; however, the cost has turned out to be
>>> somewhat higher than expected.
>>> 
>>> IntelliJ seems to be unable to cope with dependency changes in the
>>> project due to the use of import from the root POM.  This means that
>>> the entire project must be force-reimported from time to time to keep
>>> dependencies up to date, and forgetting to do so can lead to
>>> development issues and lost time.
>>> 
>>> Also, I've observed that Maven itself does not always correctly
>>> resolve versions anymore, when you're building from a submodule.  I
>>> don't really know why this is the case but I suspect that it's due to
>>> some algorithmic ambiguity when the dependency tree is not linear like
>>> it used to be.
>>> 
>>> I think that if we need to generate some BOM for use by external
>>> projects, it should be done as a separate step and artifact which
>>> acquires versions from the parent.  I believe we had it this way at
>>> one point, didn't we?
>>> 
>>> Anyway I think this change didn't work out, and we should undo it
>>> while it's still remotely possible.  WDYT?
>>> 
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