You'll need a dependencyManagement to force A to use c-n:c-n:12 which will depends on org.apache.commons.net:c-n:12.
2010/8/26 Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Stephen Connolly > <stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Why not have commons-net:commons-net become an empty jar which has a > > dependency on org.apache.commons:net > > > > that way, anyone with the old GA coords will just have an empty jar on > their > > classpath and the correct jar as well > > i don't see it. > > Component A is sitting out there with a dependency on c-n:c-n:1 > > Component B has a dependency on A and also on c-n:c-n:1 > > Sebb changes the group ID. > > Now, A still depends on c-n:c-n:1 > B depends on org.apache.commons.net:c-n:12, and on A > And we've got two dueling versions in classpath. > > It doesn't help to release a new version c-n:c-n:12, since A isn't > using a range, it's pointing at '1'. > > Am I missing something? > > > > > > > > > > On 26 August 2010 00:13, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Let me recap the pain scenario here: > >> > >> Existing poms reference commons-net under the old group ID. > >> > >> commons-net releases a new version under a new group ID. > >> > >> Dependencies under the old group ID won't be seen as 'the same thing' > >> as the new group ID, so > >> > >> a project that references the new group ID and has a dependency that > >> uses the old group ID gets both in the classpath, and probably > >> experiences chaos until repaired with exclusions. > >> > >> Unless maven grew a feature whereby the new artifact could explicitly > >> declare itself a successor of the old one under the other name, this > >> is unavoidable. Either don't rename or live with this as an annoyance > >> to the users of the new version. Renaming packages might help, insofar > >> as the two versions might then coexist happily. > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > >> > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > > -- Vincent
