I don't understand why the groupIds had to change - I assume it is to pick up the osgi-ified versions - but why do the names have to change so dramatically? (and I don't think it should break things - that seems a mistake).
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 6:02 AM, Geoffrey De Smet <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi guys, > > The OSGi ready commit on trunk of a couple of days ago, changed many > pom.xml files, including the Drools core and Drools Planner pom.xml's. > > For example, something like this: > > <dependency> > <groupId>commons-lang</groupId> > <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId> > </dependency> > > Became: > > <dependency> > <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId> > <artifactId>com.springsource.org.apache.commons.lang</artifactId> > </dependency> > > > See for example this pom.xml file: > > http://fisheye.jboss.org/browse/JBossRules/trunk/drools-planner/drools-planner-core/pom.xml?r1=30817&r2=31054 > > > This gives rise to 2 problems: > > 1) It uses different groupId:artifactId's! > The ramifications of this are big & very backward incompatible: > Lets say project X depends on drools: > - X excludes commons-lang:commons-lang from the drools dependency, now > he'll get it anyway, because > org.apache.commons:com.springsource.org.apache.commons.lang is something > else > - X depends on commons-lang:commons-lang, now he'll get it twice > - X depends on commons-lang:commons-lang in a different version, now > he'll get it twice and maven will not get a change to do version > conflict resolution (picking the highest), now he'll get it twice > and drools might end up being run with a too low commons-lang version! > > Remember: most users don't use OSGi and don't like a "com.springsource" > in their artifactId's. > > 2) Build problems too apparently: > > <nheron> Project ID: org.drools.planner:drools-planner-core > <nheron> POM Location: > /home/nheron/workspace-IntellJ-planner/drools-planner-core/pom.xml > <nheron> Validation Messages: > <nheron> [0] 'dependencies.dependency.version' is missing for > org.apache.commons:com.springsource.org.apache.commons.lang > <nheron> [1] 'dependencies.dependency.version' is missing for > org.apache.commons:com.springsource.org.apache.commons.io > <nheron> [2] 'dependencies.dependency.version' is missing for > com.thoughtworks.xstream:com.springsource.com.thoughtworks.xstream > > > > Because it is backward incompatible, I propose to shelve the OSGi ready > changes till drools 6.0? > > -- > With kind regards, > Geoffrey De Smet > > _______________________________________________ > rules-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-dev > -- Michael D Neale home: www.michaelneale.net blog: michaelneale.blogspot.com
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