[jira] [Closed] (MNG-3879) Dependency map and documentation

["Michael Osipov (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-3879?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Michael Osipov closed MNG-3879.
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> Dependency map and documentation
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>                 Key: MNG-3879
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-3879
>             Project: Maven
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: Dependencies
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.9
>            Reporter: Benson Margulies
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> This JIRA proposes a feature. I'm willing to try to contribute it given a modicum of encouragement and guidance.
> Over at CXF, we get many questions from users who are completely confounded by the complex dependency graph that results from our many dependencies and their many dependencies. I think that they would be less confused by far if maven gave them a tiny bit of help.
> My idea for this requires an addition to the core POM, which is why I'm starting with a JIRA here. I propose to add an 'explanation' element to the dependency element. This would contain a human-readable string explaining why the dependency is here, which could be carried out through the dependency plugin.



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