Re: [tycho-dev] [tycho-user] <optionalDependencies> configuration parame

[Igor Fedorenko <igor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12-01-09 8:19 AM, Oberlies, Tobias wrote:
> Igor Fedorenko wrote:
> > So, do we agree that the test runtime should always ignore optional
> > dependencies defined in test bundle manifest and the user will need to
> > use explicit pom.xml configuration to control what dependencies are used
> > by the tests?
>
> I would say yes for normal, optional dependencies. I'm unsure what
> should happen if the optional dependencies are made greedy through
> x-installation:=greedy.

Does P2 already take care of x-installation?


> > Please note that this only affects dependencies of the test bundle
> > itself, all indirect optional dependencies are already ignored.
> >
> > https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=367701
>
> Is this the case now, or only once this bug is fixed?

This is already the case now, as far as I know.

The version of P2 used by Tycho 0.13 and newer interprets OSGi
resolution:=optional as P2 optional/nongreedy requirements... and I am
pretty sure you made this change ;-)

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Regards,
Igor