I can give it a shot. I am assuming that it is still just an XSLT manipulation, Sam?
Scott Sanders On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 04:35:31PM -0800, Craig R. McClanahan wrote: > I noticed as I was updating dependencies for one of the packages I deal > with that the dependency cross reference produced by Gump: > > http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/gump/latest/xref.html > > only lists "first order" dependencies (i.e. those explicitly declared in > the <project> element. However, if you have the following set of > dependencies: > > * A depends on B > > * B depends on C > > then there is an implicit second order dependency of A on C -- and it > would be useful to identify and report such second (and higher order) > dependencies in a report like this. The required relationships should be > derivable from the data that is already available, so its MMP (merely a > matter of programming :-). > > A common motivation for looking at cross references is to tell you all the > JARs you need on your class path, and the Nth order dependencies report > would tell you that. It would also more accurately identify the set of > other packages that could potentially be broken by backwards-incompatible > API changes. > > Has anyone thought about implementing anything like this yet? > > Craig McClanahan > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- Scott Sanders - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
