[BUILDR-613] Improve dependency management in Buildr

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: Wish List
• Component/s: Dependency management
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Michael Guymon
• Created: 11/Nov/11 16:23
• Updated: 21/Nov/16 05:09
• Resolved: 21/Nov/16 05:08

Description

Use the Aether library to provide the following optional features:

• Resolve Transitive Dependencies for an artifact(s)
• Create a dependency file, with support to exclude dependencies and lock a dependency to a specific version.
• Lock dependencies based on the dependency file
• Generate a Maven POM based on a Buildr project
• Create & deploy a Maven friendly artifact based on a Buildr project
• Read a Maven POM to get a list of dependencies