| [tycho-user] Best practice: How to refer to build-time-only dependencies? |
Hi, I was wondering what the best practice is when refering to build-time-only dependencies, e.g., org.eclipse.jdt.annotation. You can of course have an *optional* Import-Package or Require-Bundle, but this is not completely free of runtime effects like installing and loading an unnecessary bundle. Now Tycho also supports various build.properties keys [1] which may achieve a similar effect. And then there is <extraClasspathElements> [2]. So, what do you think consitutes the best practice (if any) and how compatible is it with other tooling (PDE, maven-dependency-plugin, etc.)? Best wishes, Andreas [1] <http://www.eclipse.org/tycho/sitedocs/BuildProperties.html> [2] <https://eclipse.org/tycho/sitedocs/tycho-compiler-plugin/compile-mojo.html#extraClasspathElements> -- Codetrails GmbH The knowledge transfer company Robert-Bosch-Str. 7, 64293 Darmstadt Phone: +49-6151-276-7092 Mobile: +49-170-811-3791 http://www.codetrails.com/ Managing Director: Dr. Marcel Bruch Handelsregister: Darmstadt HRB 91940