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Vladimir Sitnikov commented on MNG-6357:
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{quote}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.{quote}
I am afraid "nearest wins" is not reliable, and it is not predictable for the
end users.
See examples in MNG-7852. I suggest Maven should consider all the dependencies
not just the nearest.
> 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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