On 04/03/2014 05:30 PM, David M. Lloyd wrote:
> On 04/03/2014 06:48 AM, Peter MacKinnon wrote:
>> On 04/01/2014 07:28 AM, Mikolaj Izdebski wrote:
>>> Fedora 21 will likely introduce so called "weak" or "soft" dependencies,
>>> also known as recommends and suggests. For proposed change see [1].
>>> What do you think about Java packages adopting usage of weak
>>> dependencies?
>>>
>>> An example: Dependencies declared as optional in POM files could be
>>> translated by dependency generators to Recommends instead of Requires.
>>
>> +1 for optional->Recommends mapping
>
> I would be cautious before deciding to universally and directly map
> Maven (build-time) dependencies to run-time dependencies. I think the
> general concept is a good idea though.
They are already being mapped since Fedora 18, see [1].
Current mapping is:
Maven scope | generate Requires?
------------+-------------------
compile | yes
runtime | yes
provided | no
test | no
system | fail the build
Currently even optional dependencies (marked in POM files as
<optional>true</optional>) have Requires generated. I was thinking
about generating Recommends for them instead of Requires. But that's a
distant future it seems.
[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Simplified_Maven_Packaging
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