[fedora-java] mvn virtual packages (auto-provides/requires)

[Orion Poplawski]

On 09/11/2013 05:58 AM, Mikolaj Izdebski wrote:
> Java Packages Tools version 3.0.0 has recently been pushed to rawhide.
> Since this version virtual packages generated automatically for Maven
> artifacts (aka auto-provides) were extended slightly.  In this email I
> will describe briefly the new format of virtual package names.
>
> All Maven virtual package names used to be in format:
>
> mvn(groupId:artifactId) = version
>
> This has recently been extended to four different forms:
>
> mvn(groupId:artifactId) = version
> mvn(groupId:artifactId:compatVersion) = version
> mvn(groupId:artifactId:extension:compatVersion) = version
> mvn(groupId:artifactId:extension:classifier:compatVersion) = version
>

I'm sure this is great.  I wonder how much of an impact it will have on 
the size of the primary yum metadata.


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