Using Maven, Felix, and commons-logging together?

[Tim Moloney]

I'm new to Felix and Maven so if these questions are documented 
somewhere, just show me the URL.

I'm trying to use Maven to build a simple bundle for Felix that uses 
commons-logging.  Even though Maven successfully builds, Felix reports 
unresolved dependencies when loading my bundle.  It appears to me that 
there is a disconnect between building and running.  Maven builds 
against "regular" JAR files and can update its repository 
(~/.m2/repository) as needed to satisfy dependencies.  On the other 
hand, Felix requires bundles which are "specialized" JAR files.  How do 
Felix developers reconcile this?

My immediate problem is that no matter what dependencies I specify in my 
pom.xml, Felix still wants more.  If I just include commons-logging 
because I want to use its SimpleLog, Felix wants everything that 
commons-logging could possibly be configured to use (avalon-framework, 
javax.servlet, logkit, and log4j).  If I include all of these, Felix 
wants the JAR file that contains com.sun.jdmk.comm.  What is the proper 
way to write my pom.xml so that the runtime "non-dependencies" 
(unconfigured loggers) aren't required just to load the bundle?

Even if I managed to get all the dependencies working, I'll probably end 
up with a bundle containing all its possible dependency JAR files within 
it.  Since these dependencies are common libraries, other bundles might 
also include them which wastes space and could introduce conflicts.  I 
would think that someone has already solved these problems and there 
already exists a commons-logging bundle ready for use.  If so, I've been 
unable to find it.

Perhaps I'm just missing a piece of the bigger picture that would make 
all of this make sense?

Thanks.

Tim Moloney