I've found mvn dependency:analyze very helpful for this sort of question Michael
2008/9/9 Jody Garnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Matthias Basler wrote: >> However I seem unable to find where this dependency is actually used (I >> searched the source files for "velocity" both in Explorer and in Eclipse) >> and didn't find a single match.) Also the code example given runs smoothly >> without this dependency. >> > Interesting; we should be able to drop it then. I am not sure where/why > velocity was used (perhaps it is left over from when velocity was needed > in order to run maven?). >> So: Is velocity actually required to read and/or write shapefiles? If not, >> can the dependency be removed or is there another specific reason it is >> declared? >> > For a while jdom was used to parse shape metdata (ie shape.shp.xml) > files; that is my only guess ... but jdom is low level enough that it > would not use velocity. > > I am betting this is just a case of neglect from the maven 1.0 transition. > Jody ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
