When you specify type=pom you are depending on the pom which puts an inter-project dependency (i.e. forces the reactor order) but does not put on the classpath... at least from what I recall...
other than that you could create a custom packaging and say that the custom packaging is not added to the classpath... it will still be a transitive dependency... so how about type=pom, optional=true that will force the reactor order but not affect the transitive dependency tree On 13 December 2015 at 14:40, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Dec 13, 2015 3:25 AM, "Stephen Connolly" < > stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > <type>pom</type>? > > > > 1. The feature descriptor is <type>xml</type> > > 2. I believe that this still adds transitive dependencies to the dependency > graph. > > > > > > > > On Saturday 12 December 2015, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Sometimes, we want to declare a dependency without changing a > classpath. > > > > > > Project A builds an OSGi bundle and a Karaf feature (classifier > > > 'feature', type 'xml'). > > > > > > Project B wants to consume the feature. it wants to declare the > > > feature descriptor as a dependency, to (a) ensure reactor order, and > > > (b) make the dependency information available to plugins. > > > > > > But it does _not_ want A's OSGi bundle and it's dependencies in the > > > classpath. > > > > > > The only way out is to exclude them, one-by-one. And when someone adds > > > a dependency to A, you have to maintain the exclusion list. > > > > > > Another example is the tomcat plugin: it needs wars as dependencies, > > > and similarly it needs to avoid having their dependencies in the > > > classpath. > > > > > > To me, this calls out for another scope. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > <javascript:;> > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > <javascript:;> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Sent from my phone > > >
