Thanks Peter. On 06/04/2012, at 3:07 AM, Peter Niederwieser wrote:
> The type is used to determine the default extension. Beyond that, I think > it's merely metadata that can be exploited by the user/client. For example, > Ivy's `retrieve` task allows to limit resolution to a certain artifact type > (e.g. `jar` when resolving compile dependencies). Also, the type can be used > in an Ivy/artifact pattern. > > We could certainly think about making Gradle more aware of Ivy artifact > types (based on concrete use cases), but we should be careful not to become > too opinionated. > > Cheers, > Peter > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://gradle.1045684.n5.nabble.com/Fwd-New-comment-Why-are-sources-jars-on-my-compile-classpath-tp5619883p5621864.html > Sent from the gradle-dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: > > http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email > > -- Luke Daley Principal Engineer, Gradleware http://gradleware.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email
