-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 6/28/10 09:50 , Wildam Martin wrote: > >> I envision IDEs which, out of the box, "just >> work" when you write "requires com.google.collect @ 1.0;" in your >> module descriptor, automatically and without fuss. > > Why a separate descriptor - why couldn't this be done already with the > import statement. > You could have a public repository where the provider of a class is > automatically be found - like the apt or yum works on Linux? You don't have the version number in the import statement. For the record, OSGi and the NetBeans Platform modules would be capable to do that, because of the module metadata that describes dependencies.
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