On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 6:04 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 13/05/2009, Jukka Zitting <jukka.zitt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 12:09 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Of course external dependencies - to first level at least - *ought* to > > > be documented to ensure the consumer knows what else is needed to use > > > the product, but they go elsewhere, e.g. in the README and/or on the > > > web-site. > > > > > > A Maven-based project documents all it's dependencies in the POM. > > > > Or possibly not, if the project use a parent POM. > > It is not fair to expect users to understand the contents of POMs. > There's some automated tooling to insert the list of dependencies alongside the notice and license files inside jars, but it's not used in all cases. I haven't looked into why yet.
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