[MNG-8117] Improve prerequisite evaluation and plugin version selection logging

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.9.7, 4.0.0-beta-3, 4.0.0
• Component/s: Plugins and Lifecycle
• Assignee: Tamas Cservenak
• Reporter: Tamas Cservenak
• Created: 07/May/24 13:36
• Updated: 22/May/24 14:36
• Resolved: 09/May/24 20:18

Description

Currently, when user uses G:A the plugin tried is G:A:LATEST and is checked for "compatibility" (Maven prerequisite in Maven3 and Maven4, plus for Java prerequisite in Maven4 only). This may lead that "latest" (by Maven Metadata) version is not compatible, and Maven will cycle toward older versions. But the console output is a mess.

Current output can be seen in this gist: https://gist.github.com/cstamas/e44a2e51f5ec9f2e803dfb1d487d2fd5

PR creates output like this: https://gist.github.com/cstamas/3ca4bc6cea5f701054061871b5db3f35

Issue Links

• links to: GH PR #1502
• links to: GH PR #1505
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1502
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1505