[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #1006: Change the scope of postgis-stubs dependency in postgis-jdbc Maven pom to "provided".

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#1006: Change the scope of postgis-stubs dependency in postgis-jdbc Maven pom to
"provided".
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 Reporter:  cheidmann  |       Owner:  pramsey      
     Type:  defect     |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  critical   |   Milestone:  PostGIS 2.0.0
Component:  postgis    |     Version:  1.3.X        
 Keywords:  maven      |  
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 At the moment org.postgis:postgis-jdbc:1.3.3 includes org.postgis:postgis-
 stubs:1.3.3 as compile-dependency:

 postgis-jdbc-1.3.3.pom:
 {{{
 <dependency>
         <groupId>org.postgis</groupId>
         <artifactId>postgis-stubs</artifactId>
         <version>1.3.3</version>
         <scope>compile</scope>
 </dependency>
 }}}

 The "compile" scope is incorrect here, it should be "provided". The
 "compile" scope means "dependency is required to compile and also needed
 in the run-time".
 The "provided" means "dependency is required to compile but we are sure it
 will be provided in runtime".

 Having "compile" instead of "provided" effectively adds the "postgis-
 stubs" JAR to the classpath of the application which is not correct and
 leads to problems like explained here:

 http://postgis.refractions.net/pipermail/postgis-
 users/2005-March/007153.html

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