we really need some sort of <provides> <groupId>log4j<groupId> <artifactId>log4j</artifactId> <version>[1.2.5,1.3)</version> </provides>
another option would be to add a new scope, e.g. implemented <dependency> <groupId>log4j<groupId> <artifactId>log4j</artifactId> <version>[1.2.5,1.3)</version> <scope>implemented</scope> </dependency> that way we can filter out any artifacts which are implemented from the tree... e.g. if I depend on org.jboss.thirdparty:log4j Maven 2.3.0+, 3.0.0+ can see that this implements log4j:log4j, so that it does not need to be pulled in via transative dependencies 2009/7/8 Daniel Kulp <dk...@apache.org>: > On Wed July 8 2009 4:13:24 pm Benjamin Bentmann wrote: >> Paul Gier wrote: >> > One issue that will need to be resolved before we can sync, is how to >> > handle our rebuilt thirdparty jars. For example, if a jboss project >> > needs to patch some thirdparty jar, rebuild it, and upload it to our >> > repository >> >> AFAIK, somebody building a patched third-party artifact is supposed to >> not deploy this derived artifact with its original group id but with the >> group id of the patch creator. So if JBoss creates a patched version of >> say log4j, it would need to get deployed with org.jboss:log4j or >> similar. This should be allowed to get synced into central as it can be >> distinguished from the original log4j:log4j artifact of the project owner. > > Except there THEN becomes the issue if someone depends on the normal log4j > artifact as well as some JBoss artifact that then transitively pulls in > org.jboss:log4j, they end up with two versions of log4j on the classpath with > all kinds of non-fun things happening. > > Dan > > >> >> >> Benjamin >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > -- > Daniel Kulp > dk...@apache.org > http://www.dankulp.com/blog > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org