AFAIK maven does not include optional dependencies (unless you specify
you want them). The problem is that usually, they are not declared as
optional in the POMs in the repository (though I could be wrong
here..)

On 2/3/06, Piotr Bzdyl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
> > http://www.ctoforaday.com/archives/000049.html
> >
> I agree with the author about dependency management and transitional
> dependency handling. I don't know why Maven 2 includes all optional
> dependencies by default. Why must I care what all possible features
> hibernate has and exclude all unneeded libraries? IMHO I should just
> include what I need for my project (I would like to not think about that
> Hibernate adds new cache implementation and lists it as another optional
> dependency. Hibernate is just an example). I also noticed that I have
> the same or even more exclusions than dependencies.
>
> Best regards,
> Piotrek
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