Hervé Boutemy created MNG-6681:
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Summary: improve documentation: dependency type =
classifier+extension+additional hints
Key: MNG-6681
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6681
Project: Maven
Issue Type: Task
Affects Versions: 3.6.1
Reporter: Hervé Boutemy
Assignee: Hervé Boutemy
Fix For: 3.6.2
Documentation for dependency type is currently misleading:
[https://maven.apache.org/ref/3.6.1/maven-model/maven.html#class_dependency]
??The type of dependency. While it usually represents the extension on the
filename of the dependency, that is not always the case. A type can be mapped
to a different extension and a classifier. The type often corresponds to the
packaging used, though this is also not always the case. Some examples are jar,
war, ejb-client and test-jar??
Reading that, people understand that type is extension
This has to be rephrased a little bit to have people keep in mind: *A type can
be mapped to an extension and a classifier (and the extension value may match
the type, but not always)*
The "While it usually represents the extension on the filename of the
dependency, that is not always the case." as first explanation is totally
misleading
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