On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM Michael Osipov <micha...@apache.org> wrote: > > On 2025/04/18 07:36:25 Olivier Cailloux wrote: > > Dear list, > > > > I have read https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-5567 but did not > > manage to understand whether the issue has supposedly been solved or > > even whether it is consensual that it should be solved. One person (who > > seems to be, or was at the time, a Maven developer?) seems to argue > > that it should, but other voices seem to be opposed to it. > > > > I just lost hours trying to understand why my (zip) dependency was not > > reachable from my code, then thought that my IDE was at fault, and > > finally realized that Maven itself does not seem to include zip types > > in the classpath. > > > > I want to raise my support for fixing this: there is clearly a natural > > expectation for this to work, considering that java accepts zip files > > as dependencies. > > I've tried once to make it happen years ago, but people weren't ready for > that. According to the Java spec ZIPs are totally valid for the classpath, so > a Maven problem. In my opinion that artifact handler should be part fo Maven > 4.
IIRC, zips on the classpath have been working in JVMs since the early days, if not the earliest. Gary > > M > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
