> -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Suematsu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: mardi 30 octobre 2007 4:13 > To: [email protected] > Subject: A little more info > > I'm sorry for putting this out in pieces. I never did maven before and > I'm just starting Ivy so this is still voodoo to me. > > Anyway, one of my projects uses fop 0.20.5. It has a "optional" > dependency to jai_codec. In the maven repository, there are no jars for > the jai_codec. There are xml and pom files, but no jar. So I have a > couple of questions.
I guess that's because the license of this jar doesn't allow to redistribute it. You have either to find an other repository that distribute it (I don't know if there is), either put it manually on your repository (which is rather annoying because it is exactly what you are trying to do...) > > First, should the jar be in there? Is this just a mistake, or is it > intentional? I seem to remember the JAI project having native code and > therefore must be installed, but I might be mixing that up with Java 3d. > > If the dependency is optional, why does my build break if it can't find > the jar? > You are right. But I'm not sure Ivy could do something else. Gilles > Thanks, > Rich
