Github user ajs6f commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/jena/pull/117#issuecomment-168305858
Having the [optional
tag](https://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-optional-and-excludes-dependencies.html)
doesn't prevent Jena from using this dependency. It's just as much present as
ever it was. It prevents the dependency from being _transitive_. I successfully
compiled this PR before sending it and tested the CLI tools.
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