Dependent features are useful when a given feature depends on another feature to be installed. Such a dependency can be expressed easily in the feature definition:
<feature name="jbi">
<feature>nmr</feature>
...
</feature>The effect of such a dependency is to automatically install the required nmr feature when the jbi feature will be installed. A version range can be specified on the feature dependency.
In such a case, if no matching feature is already installed, the feature with the highest version available in the range will be installed. If a single version is specified, this version will be chosen. If nothing is specified, the highest available will be installed.