Hi Nick, In several companies I have worked for, including the current one, we:
- used 'update-properties' & 'update-parent' goals only - defined a property for each dependency/plugin version in all our poms - provided a global enterprise wide 'rules.xml' see [1] & [2] - used restrictions for some properties [3] (search for `If you want to restrict updates to within a specific range` in the page) This was always automated in the CI so that we received on our projects a PR with the required changes to update. Hope it helps. Matthieu [1] : https://www.mojohaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/update-properties-mojo.html#rulesUri [2] : https://www.mojohaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/xsd/rule-2.0.0.xsd [3] : http://www.mojohaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/examples/update-properties.html On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 10:00 AM Nick Stolwijk <nick.stolw...@gmail.com> wrote: > We are trying to upgrade the dependencies of our projects by using the > Maven Versions plugin. I read the page at the Maven Versions plugin[1] and > I am confused. The goal description for use-latest-releases reads: > `searches > the pom for all non-SNAPSHOT versions` while the table reads that only > -SNAPSHOT dependencies are considered. On the other hand there is the > use-latest-versions goal which says: `searches the pom for all versions > which have been a newer version` and considers release and snapshot > versions according to the table. Based on that information I think I need > use-latest-versions. Am I correct? > > There is only a problem with use-latest-versions. It replaces properties > and instead using the versions itself[2]. Although that issue is closed as > won't fix. > > If I use use-latest-releases I stumble upon issue 346[3], which has a fix > in a fork, but isn't yet merged. > > Which goal is the correct goal, which issues are still open issues and what > is needed to make this more clear? > > [1] > > https://www.mojohaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/examples/advancing-dependency-versions.html > [2] https://github.com/mojohaus/versions-maven-plugin/issues/109 > [3] https://github.com/mojohaus/versions-maven-plugin/issues/346 > > With regards, > > Nick Stolwijk > > ~~~ Try to leave this world a little better than you found it and, when > your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you > have not wasted your time but have done your best ~~~ > > Lord Baden-Powell >
