Provided dependencies typically mean that the dependency is copied into another dependency (think Java EE APIs typically) and doesn't need to be added by a runtime dependency. It's kind of the opposite of the runtime scope which doesn't add it at compile time but does at runtime.
On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 at 17:46, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 at 20:28, Jochen Wiedmann <joc...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > On 2021/02/02 11:34:09, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > In which case it should surely be listed as a compile dependency so > > > that it is picked up automatically? > > > > It is also picked up automatically with scope=provided. > > Useful to know; the Maven documentation is not explicit on that. > The name makes it sound as though the user has to provide the jar themselves. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
