[MRESOLVER-571] Import o.e.aether packages with the exact same version in OSGi metadata

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0-alpha-11, 1.9.20
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0, 1.9.21
• Component/s: Resolver
• Assignee: Guillaume Nodet
• Reporter: Hannes Wellmann
• Created: 19/Jun/24 14:35
• Updated: 02/Jul/24 09:03
• Resolved: 01/Jul/24 11:04

Description

The documentation states that only maven-resolver artifacts of the exact same version should be used together:

• https://maven.apache.org/resolver/api-compatibility.html#outside-of-maven

• https://maven.apache.org/resolver/third-party-integrations.html#maven-resolver-supplier

But currently the OSGi metadata declare version ranges for imported packages up until (excluding) the next major version:
org.eclipse.aether;version="[1.9,2)"

My suggestion is to reflect the requirement for a strict version alignment in the OSGi metadata and change the Package-Imports to (for example for the next 1.9.21 version):
org.eclipse.aether;version="[1.9.21,1.9.21]"

Of course this would make it impossible (without nasty tricks/out of the box) to break that (strong) recommendation in OSGi runtimes if unexpected circumstances would require it.

I'm currently working on providing a PR for the }}1.9.x{{ and }}master/2.x{{ branch
 

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #520
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #521