Sorry, forget my last comment... I think we should let it is as it is. I created a sample application which depends on camel-sql and camel-test-spring. The dependency tree looks like below (dependency to org.springframework:spring-test:3.1.1.RELEASE):
[INFO] --- maven-dependency-plugin:2.1:tree (default-cli) @ loadbalancer-test --- [INFO] org.apache.cmueller.camel:loadbalancer-test:jar:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT [INFO] +- org.apache.camel:camel-sql:jar:2.10-SNAPSHOT:compile [INFO] | +- org.apache.camel:camel-core:jar:2.10-SNAPSHOT:compile [INFO] | | \- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.6.4:compile [INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-jdbc:jar:3.0.7.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:3.0.7.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-core:jar:3.0.7.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | | +- org.springframework:spring-asm:jar:3.0.7.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | | \- commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.1.1:compile [INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-tx:jar:3.0.7.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | +- aopalliance:aopalliance:jar:1.0:compile [INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-aop:jar:3.0.7.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-context:jar:3.0.7.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-expression:jar:3.0.7.RELEASE:compile [INFO] +- org.apache.camel:camel-test-spring:jar:2.10-SNAPSHOT:test [INFO] | +- org.apache.camel:camel-test:jar:2.10-SNAPSHOT:test [INFO] | | \- junit:junit:jar:4.10:test [INFO] | | \- org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:jar:1.1:test [INFO] | +- org.apache.camel:camel-spring:jar:2.10-SNAPSHOT:test [INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-test:jar:3.1.1.RELEASE:test [INFO] \- org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:jar:1.6.4:test [INFO] \- log4j:log4j:jar:1.2.16:test If we declare the dependency to "org.springframework:spring-test:jar:3.1.1.RELEASE" in camel-test-spring as provided, my dependency tree looks like this (no dependency to org.springframework:spring-test at all): [INFO] --- maven-dependency-plugin:2.1:tree (default-cli) @ loadbalancer-test --- [INFO] org.apache.cmueller.camel:loadbalancer-test:jar:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT [INFO] +- org.apache.camel:camel-sql:jar:2.10-SNAPSHOT:compile [INFO] | +- org.apache.camel:camel-core:jar:2.10-SNAPSHOT:compile [INFO] | | \- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.6.4:compile [INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-jdbc:jar:3.0.7.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:3.0.7.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-core:jar:3.0.7.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | | +- org.springframework:spring-asm:jar:3.0.7.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | | \- commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.1.1:compile [INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-tx:jar:3.0.7.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | +- aopalliance:aopalliance:jar:1.0:compile [INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-aop:jar:3.0.7.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-context:jar:3.0.7.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-expression:jar:3.0.7.RELEASE:compile [INFO] +- org.apache.camel:camel-test-spring:jar:2.10-SNAPSHOT:test [INFO] | +- org.apache.camel:camel-test:jar:2.10-SNAPSHOT:test [INFO] | | \- junit:junit:jar:4.10:test [INFO] | | \- org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:jar:1.1:test [INFO] | \- org.apache.camel:camel-spring:jar:2.10-SNAPSHOT:test [INFO] \- org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:jar:1.6.4:test [INFO] \- log4j:log4j:jar:1.2.16:test In case one, it will work out of the box without the need for the user to declare the dependency to org.springframework:spring-test. It's done by Maven and it's what the user expect, IMO. They may have to exclude the dependency to org.springframework:spring-test:3.1.1.RELEASE and to include the dependency to org.springframework:spring-test:3.0.7.RELEASE if they want to test with this version explicitly (no real need for this). In case two, the user has to define the dependency to org.springframework:spring-test:3.x.y.RELEASE to get this working. I think this is not what a Maven user expect to do. @Magnus: Do you have a real issue or did you just wondering about the different Spring versions? Best, Christian
