[fedora-java] Weak dependencies

[Peter MacKinnon]

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

>
> Any thoughts on this?
>
> [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RPM-4.12
>


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Peter MacKinnon
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Red Hat Inc.
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