One problem with multiple artifacts using classifier is that they will
share the same pom, which makes them all having the same dependency set.
This most often not desirable.

/Anders (mobile)
Den 7 mar 2012 03.05 skrev "sethcall" <[email protected]>:

> I've read this entire thread, and I'm not understanding the point about
> 'this
> is just now how it should be done' vs Billy's 'this is useful and it works'
>
> If using a classifier in the way Billy has is frowned upon... ok... I'll
> accept that for a second... but can anyone tell me a* concrete technical
> reason* why it will get me into trouble using it this way?
>
> I have another use-case for classifiers--Ivy allows the idea of multiple
> artifacts for one ivy.xml file.  But Maven does not.  However,  I limit
> myself in using Ivy to only create same-named artifacts with classifiers in
> a versioning scheme compatible with Maven, and if I need to create multiple
> artifacts from a single pom using classifiers, then I've found a way to use
> both Ivy and Maven in a lowest-common denominator way (important for me at
> the moment because our team is part Ivy and part Maven).
>
> So my point is... why can't classifiers just be 'arbitrary ways to further
> describe a single artifact'?  Can we frown upon any other interpretation?
> Can we move the maven community that way now? :)
>
> Thanks,
> Seth
>
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