kafka-connect-mongodb-1.2.0-jar-with-dependencies.jar contains superfluous dependencies

[gunnarmorling]

Hi @hpgrahsl, it appears as if the dependencies could be optimed a bit, as there are some Maven plug-in related things in there. This seems to be caused by this dependency:

<dependency>
    <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
    <artifactId>kafka-connect-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>${confluent.connect.plugin.version}</version>
</dependency>

Is this actually needed as a project dependency or should it rather be configured as a plug-in?

[hpgrahsl]

@gunnarmorling thx for reporting this. you are absolutely right. it should definitely be configured as a plug-in. also I'd assume that this is not the only thing to optimize in this regard :)