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Subject: Re: DEPENDENCIES file
From: David Jencks <david_jencks@yahoo.com>
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Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 09:09:53 -0700
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I'm the origin of the DEPENDENCIES file generated by the =
maven-remote-resources-plugin (before that the same info was being =
mistakenly included in the generated NOTICE file) but for an osgi =
project I think it is misleading and better dropped.  It was supposed to =
give you a hint about the other jars you'd probably want to use with the =
jar with the DEPENDENCIES file, a function better served by package =
imports and OBR.

thanks
david jencks

On Oct 3, 2011, at 8:41 AM, Kevan Miller wrote:

>=20
> On Sep 30, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Jeremy Hughes wrote:
>=20
>> Hi Kevan,
>>=20
>> On another thread (see bottom of this email) a few days ago you said:
>>=20
>> "This archive contains DISCLAIMER and DEPENDENCIES files which are =
not
>> in the svn tag."
>>=20
>> There doesn't seem to be consistency across Apache on whether to
>> include the DEPENDENCIES file or not. What are the arguments for not
>> including it? Certainly Apache Felix favour including it [1]
>=20
> That's a decision of the Felix project. There's no ASF requirement for =
such a file (ASF requirements are for a LICENSE/NOTICE file). If the =
Aries project would find a DEPENDENCIES file useful, then by all means =
include the file. If the file is useful, why only include in source =
releases? Why not include the file in SVN?
>=20
> In my experience, the DEPENDENDENCIES do not necessarily reflect the =
artifacts that might be used in an actual runtime environment. =
DEPENDENCIES for a jar/bundle are more useful than DEPENDENCIES for an =
entire project...
>=20
> I object to a DISCLAIMER file being included in any future Aries' =
releases. I have no objection to DEPENDENCIES files -- just question =
their utility. I probably wouldn't have mentioned DEPENDENCIES if I =
wasn't mentioning DISCLAIMER...
>=20
> --kevan