Dipl. Ing. Siegfried Göschl wrote: > Hi Scott, > > +) I spend a big junk of my time managing projects and fighting > dependency hell > +) fulcrum-crypto was depending on three external libraries whereas two > of them are troublesome (cryptix, mail) > +) since fulcrum is a component repository any additional dependency is > a problem because it is required if you would like to use a component > +) if you depend on a single self-contained class of an external library > I tend to move the code to my own project to get rid of the dependency > +) looking at fulcrum-yaafi as an example I could depend on > commons-lang, commons-codec, commons-proxy and commons-cli > +) from a technical point of view those dependencies are correct but > makes reuse a lot harder
I understand your point but I beg to differ (as you know). IMO, if you flee the dependency hell this way, you will rot in maintenance hell sooner or later. We call that "den Teufel mit dem Beelzebub austreiben" in German. Bye, Thomas. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
