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Brian Fox commented on MDEP-176: -------------------------------- Where / how exactly is it failing? Are you extending an interface, or using a constant? Both of these are known to trick the analysis into thinking it's not needed because the compiler optimizes it out. > excludes not considered in analyze? > ----------------------------------- > > Key: MDEP-176 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MDEP-176 > Project: Maven 2.x Dependency Plugin > Issue Type: Bug > Components: analyze > Affects Versions: 2.0 > Reporter: David Jencks > Assignee: Brian Fox > > in dependencyManagement of parent pom I have: > <dependency> > <groupId>org.apache.xmlbeans</groupId> > <artifactId>xmlbeans</artifactId> > <version>2.3.0</version> > <exclusions> > <exclusion> > <groupId>stax</groupId> > <artifactId>stax-api</artifactId> > </exclusion> > </exclusions> > </dependency> > In a child project... > <dependency> > <groupId>org.apache.xmlbeans</groupId> > <artifactId>xmlbeans</artifactId> > </dependency> > <dependency> > <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId> > <artifactId>geronimo-stax-api_1.0_spec</artifactId> > </dependency> > dependency:analyze reports > [WARNING] Unused declared dependencies found: > [WARNING] > org.apache.geronimo.specs:geronimo-stax-api_1.0_spec:jar:1.0.1:compile > but removing the geronimo stax api makes the build fail. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira