Apologies if this has been raised already. I've been helping out with the webstart plugin, which is coming along nicely.
I've got a very definite use case for a "buildtime" dependency scope which is like "provided" but is transitive. The use case involves a hierarchy of different modules which produce webstart distributions. They all depend on 6 Eclipse RCP jar files at compile time. It makes sense to define the dependencies once in the base class and have transitivity include them in the compile classpath of all the other modules. The Eclipse RCP jars are not to be packaged with the webstart application. The jnlp file contains an <extension/> which tells the webstart client to go off to a central web server to download these files. They're hosted in one place, on a nice fast webserver which is pretty much 100% available. I'm having to workaround the problem that there isn't a buildtime transitive scope by declaring the dependencies as compile scope. I then have to exclude them from each webstart bundle by naming all 6 of them in each webstart plugin configuration. Any thoughts on buildtime scope? I've raised a Jira: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-1978 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for information purposes only and should not be regarded as an offer to sell or as a solicitation of an offer to buy any financial product, an official confirmation of any transaction, or as an official statement of Lehman Brothers. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change without notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
