[jira] [Closed] (MNG-2316) Add info to the poms for dependencies that implement an API or provide other dependencies

["Elliotte Rusty Harold (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-2316?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Elliotte Rusty Harold closed MNG-2316.
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> Add info to the poms for dependencies that implement an API or provide other dependencies
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: MNG-2316
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-2316
>             Project: Maven
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: Dependencies
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.4
>            Reporter: Carlos Sanchez Gonzalez
>            Priority: Critical
>             Fix For: Issues to be reviewed for 4.x
>
>
> e.g.
> geronimo implementation of javamail could say
> {code:xml}<provides>
>   <dependency>
>     <groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
>     <artifactId>mail</artifactId>
>     <version>...</version>
>   </dependency>
> </provides>{code}
> spring.jar pom could say
> {code:xml}<provides>
>   <dependency>
>     <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
>     <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
>     <version>...</version>
>   </dependency>
>   <dependency>
>     <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
>     <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
>     <version>...</version>
>   </dependency>
>   ...
> </provides>{code}



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