[MNG-612] implement conflict resolution techniques

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Incomplete
• Component/s: Artifacts and Repositories, Design, Patterns & Best Practices
• Assignee: Mark Hobson
• Reporter: Mark Hobson
• Created: 20/Jul/05 01:36
• Updated: 11/Dec/23 16:35
• Resolved: 19/Jan/14 15:10

Description

currently, the collector only:

• selects nearest "suggested" version in a valid range
• latest version from the valid ranges if none suggested
• fails if ranges are over-constrained

This needs to be configurable:

• select newest, even if there is a nearer suggestion
• select oldest, even if there is a nearer suggestion
• fail if all suggestions don't equate or a range results instead of a single version
• ignore over constrained ranges and fallback to some other algorithm
• select snapshots even if they weren't explicitly specified

Issue Links

• depends upon: MNG-3205 Switch to use maven-artifact 3.x
• is duplicated by: MNG-3248 Specify, which Version in a common Range should be choosen (.e.g.: oldest, newest, ...).
• is duplicated by: MNG-4175 Dependency mediation - allow for different strategies
• is related to: MRESOLVER-451 Expose version range processing strategies