On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 21:40, Colin Sampaleanu wrote: > Jason van Zyl wrote: > > >On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 18:57, Age Mooy wrote: > > > > > >>Great ! That's exactly what I meant. > >>Is this going to be in the b9 release ? > >> > >> > > > >I doubt the full dependency resolution will be in beta-9. We need to > >start pushing POMs into the repository. Once there we can build a > >database of anything related to projects. The top on my list is the > >dependency graph of all projects. > > > > > What are your thoughts on handling compile-time vs test-time vs run-time > dependencies. I appreciate the existing dependency system, it's a lot > better than ant with no dependencies at all, but it'd be nice to be able > to differentiate between the various uses somehow.
Dependencies can state types so we could do anything we like really. The default type is of 'jar' but we could use a type of 'test'. In the POM currently there is no distinction between compile-time and test-time. This could be changed easily. As for run-time, this is simply the aggregration of compile-time dependencies of the dependencies stated in the source POM. But we could definitely mark them as I don't want to leave people crippled when there are problems with the resolution mechanism. You will always be able to state things as verbosely as you wish so maybe a 'run-time' type could be added for those who don't want to use the transitive dependency resolution mechanism. The general rule of thumb I follow is to make things as convenient and easy as possible but always allow full verbosity and final control in the POM so a project can decide what they want to do and aren't whacked by any magic behaviour. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- jvz. Jason van Zyl [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tambora.zenplex.org In short, man creates for himself a new religion of a rational and technical order to justify his work and to be justified in it. -- Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
