[eclipselink-dev] Question about external dependencies.

[Eric Gwin <eric.gwin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

  Until recently I didn't use the "extension.lib.external" or 
"extension.oracle.lib.external" directories. I am curious why we need two.
  I'd think that the oracle jdbc drivers and all other external 
dependencies are named differently than each other.

  Wouldn't a single directory be more efficient?

  Also wouldn't defining a variable "extensions.depend.dir" make more 
sense that a plethora of explicit library definitions?
      jdbc=../extension.lib.external/jdbc.jar
      junit=../extension.lib.external/junit.jar
      ....
  That way the minimum redefinition would be a single value 
(extensions.depend.dir), unless someone chooses
  to store them separately thus requiring a redefinition of all the 
external dependency library values.

Thanks

-Eric