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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Manage native classifier artifacts consistently: all platforms? or current platform only?","articleBody":"For jogamp artifacts, we currently [manually articulate all platforms for jogamp components](https://github.com/scijava/pom-scijava/blob/pom-scijava-35.1.1/pom.xml#L5714-L5893) in the `\u003cdependencyManagement\u003e` section—e.g.:\r\n```xml\r\n\u003cdependency\u003e\r\n\t\u003cgroupId\u003eorg.jogamp.gluegen\u003c/groupId\u003e\r\n\t\u003cartifactId\u003egluegen-rt\u003c/artifactId\u003e\r\n\t\u003cversion\u003e${org.jogamp.gluegen.gluegen-rt.version}\u003c/version\u003e\r\n\t\u003cclassifier\u003enatives-android-aarch64\u003c/classifier\u003e\r\n\u003c/dependency\u003e\r\n```\r\nEven though we have [nice properties defined for use downstream](https://github.com/scijava/pom-scijava/blob/pom-scijava-35.1.1/pom.xml#L2033-L2036):\r\n```xml\r\n\u003cscijava.natives.classifier.gluegen\u003e${scijava.natives.classifier.jogamp}\u003c/scijava.natives.classifier.gluegen\u003e\r\n\u003cscijava.natives.classifier.joal\u003e${scijava.natives.classifier.jogamp}\u003c/scijava.natives.classifier.joal\u003e\r\n\u003cscijava.natives.classifier.jocl\u003e${scijava.natives.classifier.jogamp}\u003c/scijava.natives.classifier.jocl\u003e\r\n\u003cscijava.natives.classifier.jogl\u003e${scijava.natives.classifier.jogamp}\u003c/scijava.natives.classifier.jogl\u003e\r\n```\r\nI don't remember for sure, but I *might* have done this because regardless of platform, we still want to manage *all* native classifiers for downstream consumers to depend upon should they so choose. (This seems like it should be rare to me, but what do I know, maybe it's helpful for debugging sometimes to depend on the `natives-linux-amd64` artifact from a Windows box?)\r\n\r\nBut regardless of whether this pattern is considered good or not, we are currently inconsistent with [how we handle the javacpp component native classifiers](https://github.com/scijava/pom-scijava/blob/pom-scijava-35.1.1/pom.xml#L5269-L5340), which are each only managed for the *current* platform.\r\n\r\nWe need to make a decision about which approach is best: \"all platforms always\" (our current approach for jogamp natives) or \"current platform only\" (our current approach for javacpp natives).","author":{"url":"https://github.com/ctrueden","@type":"Person","name":"ctrueden"},"datePublished":"2023-06-14T16:56:52.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/241/pom-scijava/issues/241"}