It is the right solution. Using exclusions will exclude a dependency from being downloaded at all, which means it won't be available at any path. Using provided will still make the dependency available for compile time, but not in runtime, and will not bundle it in the package.
Read maven FAQ: http://maven.apache.org/general.html#scope-provided -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carlos Sanchez Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 4:29 PM To: Maven Users List Subject: Re: dependencies are bloated in M2 that's not the right solution, you have to use exclusions On 2/6/07, Bashar Abdul Jawad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It will. If you don't want to include a particular dependency in your > generated package just give it the provided scope, it will be excluded even > if it was a transitive dependency of something else. > > Bashar > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christian Goetze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 2:58 PM > To: Maven Users List > Subject: Re: dependencies are bloated in M2 > > Tandon, Pankaj wrote: > > > > > > >So the questions are: > >1. How can we control what get's into WEB-INF/lib. We tried all the > >scopes mentioned, but that did not help. > > > I believe that the scope that should work is "provided". The problem is > that I don't know if maven is smart enough to remove a provided > dependency from the transitive closure. I would call that a bug if it > didn't. > > -- > cg > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- I could give you my word as a Spaniard. No good. I've known too many Spaniards. -- The Princess Bride --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
