Thanks Brett!! So [3.8.1] says "fail if any other version than 3.8.1 is found"?? I thought it meant, use 3.8.1 only. Thanks, -- Chris
On 12/19/05, Brett Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > It's actually "use nearest", rather than first found, which is > basically the principle of you know better than your dependencies do > what you need :) > > 1) is already possible if the place where you assume 3.8.1 is > specified as [3.8.1], or perhaps [3.8,) > > 2) will be enabled in 2.1. It was on in the betas and without making > it configurable it was a little hard to deal with and unfortauntely > the configurable part missed the cut for 2.0. > > Cheers, > Brett > > On 12/20/05, Chris Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings, > > Yesterday I saw an issue w/ m2's dependency mediation. Some transitive > > dependency wanted JUnit 3.7 and I'm assuming 3.8.1. Since this one was > seen > > first, it won. So, of course, my build broke. (Before you ask, I don't > > directly declare the JUnit dependency in my POM because I have a > "dependency > > set" of commonly used dependencies ;-) > > > > I'm wondering about the status of a couple of "Mediators" > > 1) A fail-fast-mediator would simply stop the build when conflicts > occur. > > IMHO, this would make the most sense as the default mediator since it > makes > > debugging a lot easier. No head scratching. > > 2) A use-latest-mediator would be my choice. > > > > The use-first-found-mediator seems somewhat illogical to me?? > > Thanks, > > -- Chris > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
