Thank you for transforming a learning done on the mailing list into a PR We already have some feedback on the PR from Maven developers, but feedback from users would be awesome also, since it's about making sure the explanations are easy to understand, then the more eyes, the better
Regards, Hervé Le samedi 12 janvier 2019, 03:30:55 CET 林自均 a écrit : > Hi Sander & Mark, > > I've submitted a pull request: https://github.com/apache/maven-site/pull/61. > Any feedback is welcome. Thank you. > > Best, > John Lin > > 林自均 <[email protected]> 於 2019年1月10日 週四 下午11:08寫道： > > > Hi Mark, > > > > Thank you for your feedback. I will try to include your 3 reasons in my > > pull request. They are very clear and useful to me. > > > > Best, > > John Lin > > > > Mark H. Wood <[email protected]> 於 2019年1月10日 週四 下午10:26寫道： > > > >> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 09:14:45AM -0500, Mark H. Wood wrote: > >> > I try always to declare all direct dependencies, regardless of whether > >> > they are also transitive dependencies (today). > >> > > >> > One reason for this is that it improves the documentation of the > >> > project. Not only does it provide useful information to reporting > >> > tools driven by Maven, but you can learn useful things about a project > >> > by just reading the POM. > >> > > >> > Another reason is that I'm uncomfortable relying on the inclusion of > >> > direct dependencies by happenstance. An upgraded dependency, which > >> > *was* pulling in another direct dependency but does no more, can break > >> > the build in a way that is quite avoidable. > >> > >> A third reason is that it gives you a chance to specify what versions > >> of your dependencies are used, instead of letting other dependencies > >> set (and change!) those versions. Use with caution: there may be > >> strong reasons for those other dependencies to require the versions > >> that they do. > >> > >> If you have an assembly composed from multiple complex projects, you > >> may be able to harmonize versions of shared dependencies instead of > >> ending up with multiple versions of the same artifact and wondering > >> which one is used. > >> > >> -- > >> Mark H. Wood > >> Lead Technology Analyst > >> > >> University Library > >> Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis > >> 755 W. Michigan Street > >> Indianapolis, IN 46202 > >> 317-274-0749 > >> www.ulib.iupui.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
