even better if we have a BOM for whole apache commons. ________________________________ From: Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 8:05:14 PM To: Commons Developers List <dev@commons.apache.org> Subject: Re: [rng] Release 1.5 with Bill Of Materials (BOM)
That sounds like a good idea! Gary On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 5:27 AM Alex Herbert <alex.d.herb...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think RNG is ready for a release. > > In 1.5 the multi-module project rearranges a few methods to default > interface methods in a different module. This is binary compatible. However > it requires that all versions of the modules are matched. If the other > modules are explicitly imported by a transitive dependency as a lower > version then this will cause a runtime error due to missing methods. > > I suggest we create a Bill of Materials (BOM) as a separate artifact to be > deployed to maven for dependency management. Downstream users can then > include this in their POM and all versions of the RNG modules would be > matched. > > <dependencyManagement> > <dependencies> > <dependency> > <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId> > <artifactId>commons-rng-bom</artifactId> > <version>1.5</version> > <type>pom</type> > <scope>import</scope> > </dependency> > </dependencies> > </dependencyManagement> > > Alex >
