[MASSEMBLY-883] Transitive dependencies with scope provided are included with jar-with-dependencies descriptor

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.1.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.1.1
• Component/s: predefined descriptors
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Francois Armand
• Created: 11/Apr/18 21:18
• Updated: 20/Mar/24 08:43
• Resolved: 20/Mar/24 08:42

Description

In the following case as shown by mvn dependency:tree, with the predifined descriptor jar-with-dependencies:

 

[INFO] +- com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:jar:2.2.0:compile
[INFO] | +- net.minidev:json-smart:jar:2.2.1:compile
[INFO] | | - net.minidev:accessors-smart:jar:1.1:compile
[INFO] | - org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.16:provided
 

json-path, json-smart, accessors-smart are included, as expected. 

But slf4j-api is also included in the resulting jar.

Other direct dependencies with scope `provided` are correctly excluded from the final jar.

If this is the intendented behavior, which is highly surprising, could you document it in the corresponding descriptor documentation (http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/descriptor-refs.html#jar-with-dependencies). Could you also explain what descriptor would allow to achieve the desired behavior (or point to a resource explaining it, I wasn't able to find one).

Thanks.