[jira] [Created] (MNG-5867) CLONE - Add info to the poms for dependencies that implement an API or provide other dependencies

["Benjamin Chylla (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Benjamin Chylla created MNG-5867:
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             Summary: CLONE - Add info to the poms for dependencies that implement an API or provide other dependencies
                 Key: MNG-5867
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-5867
             Project: Maven
          Issue Type: New Feature
          Components: Dependencies
            Reporter: Benjamin Chylla
            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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