[ACCUMULO-2863] Generate a VERSIONS file for bundled dependencies

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.0
• Component/s: build
• Labels: newbie
• Assignee: Christopher Tubbs
• Reporter: Christopher Tubbs
• Created: 05/Jun/14 21:58
• Updated: 16/Apr/15 17:57
• Resolved: 13/Apr/15 22:51

Description

We strip versions off of dependencies we package in the lib directory of our tarball. This is done for a few beneficial reasons (primarily: avoid classpath polution with multiple versions of the same jar, and ease maintenance of scripts that configure the classpath).

However, it would be convenient to convey information in the bin.tar.gz about which versions of those libraries are included, so they don't have to go spelunking into the jars' META-INF to peek at their POM, or back to SCM to view the dependencyManagement section.

It looks like this might be relatively easy to do with an execution of maven-dependency-plugin's list goal, with includeScope set to runtime and outputFile set.

Issue Links

• is related to: ACCUMULO-3737 Create 1.7.0 release notes