Published 6.7 jar doesn't work

[kyrill007]

The 6.7 jar on Maven repo central http://search.maven.org/#search|ga|1|a%3A%22testng%22 is defective. It doesn't contain com/beust/jcommander package thus when you try to run tests (I use Ant), they fail with

[testng] java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/beust/jcommander/ParameterException [testng] Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.beust.jcommander.ParameterException [testng] at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202)

exception.

[cbeust]

jar files on Maven Central never contain dependencies. Use the jar file in the .zip distribution if you're using ant.

[savinov]

You build jar with all depended classes only for current beta version?
I haven't found jar with dependencies for releases on the download page: http://testng.org/doc/download.html
I can build it myself, but if it avaliable I want to download already build jar.

[kyrill007]

Cedric doesn't seem to like this idea anymore and wants users to build the jar manually or start using Maven... Yeah, I know...

[savinov]

Will be great to add note about using TestNG with Ant to the testng.org.
Because jar from maven central haven't nedded dependencies, Ant can't start tests.
I spent a few hours to understand what's wrong.

[kyrill007]

Yes, Cedric, would it be possible to add this note on the website? Or better yet, return a full jar for us, poor Ant users.

[cbeust]

Done: http://testng.org/testng-6.8.zip

[kyrill007]

Thank you, sir!

[savinov]

Thanks.
Can you add a link to the current build on the web site?

[cbeust]

I updated it at the same time I uploaded the file.

[savinov]

Good!

[stephen-smith]

Well, this is probably going to cause me to switch back to JUnit. JCommander is not available via our private dependency management system and it serves up the maven jar for testng (and no others).

It's unclear why to me why the ant task needs a command-line processor.

[juherr]

@stephen-smith It's another thing. Could you create an issue which ask to set JCommander optionnal? But I've no idea if it is something possible.