Could not start application ibrowse

[lsimoneau]

When trying to run tests with Hound, I get the error:

=INFO REPORT==== 3-Aug-2014::09:17:59 ===
    application: jsex
    exited: stopped
    type: temporary

=INFO REPORT==== 3-Aug-2014::09:17:59 ===
    application: jsx
    exited: stopped
    type: temporary
** (Mix) Could not start application ibrowse: could not find application file: ibrowse.app

I can replicate this on a brand-new mix project:

$ mix new hound_test
$ cd hound_test

Edit mix.exs to contain:

defmodule HoundTest.Mixfile do
  use Mix.Project

  def project do
    [app: :hound_test,
     version: "0.0.1",
     elixir: "~> 0.14.3",
     deps: deps]
  end

  # Configuration for the OTP application
  #
  # Type `mix help compile.app` for more information
  def application do
    [applications: app_list(Mix.env)]
  end

  defp app_list(:test), do: [:hound | app_list]
  defp app_list(_),     do: app_list
  defp app_list,        do: [:jsex, :ibrowse]

  # Dependencies can be hex.pm packages:
  #
  #   {:mydep, "~> 0.3.0"}
  #
  # Or git/path repositories:
  #
  #   {:mydep, git: "https://github.com/elixir-lang/mydep.git", tag: "0.1"}
  #
  # Type `mix help deps` for more examples and options
  defp deps do
    [{:hound, "0.5.8"}]
  end
end

Run mix deps.get and mix test, and I get the error above.

If starting ibrowse is required for Hound, should it not have optional: true in hound's mix.exs maybe?

[lsimoneau]

I can work around this issue by adding ibrowse as a dependency in the application itself without optional: true

[HashNuke]

Thanks for reporting.
Closing issue as Hound now uses httpoison (which inturn uses hackney). And there's no need to specify anything as optional dependency anymore.