This is essentially what I proposed long ago in Log4j Boot. They’d be pom files
with the appropriate dependencies marked in for simplicity of end users. Could
still be useful.
> On Jan 19, 2025, at 03:02, Piotr P. Karwasz wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> Maven is notably bad at handling optional depend
Hi Gary,
On 21.01.2025 13:46, Gary Gregory wrote:
This all sounds very confusing to me. Using this scheme, I could
create a set of dependencies on 2.x with empty jars that don't work on
3.x (because I picked the wrong jars). There is no way to verify that
what I'm doing on 2.x will work on 3.x w
This all sounds very confusing to me. Using this scheme, I could
create a set of dependencies on 2.x with empty jars that don't work on
3.x (because I picked the wrong jars). There is no way to verify that
what I'm doing on 2.x will work on 3.x without trying it on 3.x, so...
or am I missing someth
Hi Robert,
On 19.01.2025 18:39, Robert Middleton wrote:
If I'm understanding this correctly, this sounds like a bad idea.
While it does make the 2.x -> 3.x transition easier, it creates a
bigger issue for when you go from 2.x -> 2.y.
As long as `x` is higher than `y` there will be no problems:
If I'm understanding this correctly, this sounds like a bad idea.
While it does make the 2.x -> 3.x transition easier, it creates a
bigger issue for when you go from 2.x -> 2.y. Personally I always
find it very annoying when software makes big changes like this on a
minor release, since it certain
Hi Ralph,
On 19.01.2025 17:55, Ralph Goers wrote:
I must be misunderstanding. IIUC you are proposing that to eliminate optional
dependencies we create a bunch of empty jars, presumably with a pom that has
the dependency as required. How exactly does that help? Doesn’t that new,
empty artifa
I must be misunderstanding. IIUC you are proposing that to eliminate optional
dependencies we create a bunch of empty jars, presumably with a pom that has
the dependency as required. How exactly does that help? Doesn’t that new,
empty artifact just become an optional dependency? Isn’t it requi
