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Jeff Hodges commented on MNG-6357:
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I've dropped a couple comments on the two PRs. Both PRs have only small
conflicts and, if the original author or a contributor doesn't have time to
update them, I'm happy to make new PRs with the branches I've got.
> Dependency order should be nearest first
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>
> Key: MNG-6357
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6357
> Project: Maven
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Robert Scholte
> Priority: Major
> Fix For: 4.0.x-candidate
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> Time Spent: 20m
> Remaining Estimate: 0h
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> In case of version conflicts, the nearest wins. However, the dependency order
> is simply based on tree walking. In the rare that a transitive dependency of
> the first direct dependency contains the same class as a latter direct
> dependency, the code is compiled against the first one, which is odd.
> It would make more sense if direct dependencies are the first ones on the
> classpath, followed by the first level transitive dependencies, etc. This
> will make the explanation equal to version conflict resolution: nearest wins.
> I don't expect real issues due to this change, otherwise we would have had
> this issue much earlier. This should become the new default order, however
> there should be a system property to get the original order, just in case
> somebody needs it.
>
> Current workaround: make the critical dependency the first direct dependency.
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