Index: test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/version/VersionRangeMatcherTest.java
===================================================================
--- test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/version/VersionRangeMatcherTest.java	(revision 909646)
+++ test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/version/VersionRangeMatcherTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -23,24 +23,21 @@
 import org.apache.ivy.plugins.latest.LatestRevisionStrategy;
 
 public class VersionRangeMatcherTest extends TestCase {
-    VersionMatcher _vm = new VersionRangeMatcher("range", new LatestRevisionStrategy());
+    VersionMatcher vm = new VersionRangeMatcher("range", new LatestRevisionStrategy());
 
-    public VersionRangeMatcherTest() {
-    }
-    
     public void testMavenExcludeParenthesis() throws Exception {
         assertAccept("[3.8,4.0)", "3.7", false);
         assertAccept("[3.8,4.0)", "3.8", true);
         assertAccept("[3.8,4.0)", "3.9", true);
         assertAccept("[3.8,4.0)", "4.0", false);
         assertAccept("[3.8,4.0)", "4.1", false);
-        
+
         assertAccept("(3.8,4.0]", "3.7", false);
         assertAccept("(3.8,4.0]", "3.8", false);
         assertAccept("(3.8,4.0]", "3.9", true);
         assertAccept("(3.8,4.0]", "4.0", true);
         assertAccept("(3.8,4.0]", "4.1", false);
-        
+
         assertAccept("(3.8,4.0)", "3.7", false);
         assertAccept("(3.8,4.0)", "3.8", false);
         assertAccept("(3.8,4.0)", "3.9", true);
@@ -131,7 +128,7 @@
         assertAccept("(,2.0]", "2.0", true);
 
         assertAccept("(,2.0]", "2.3", false);
-        
+
         assertAccept("[1.0, )", "1.1", true);
         assertAccept("[1.0 ,)", "2.0", true);
         assertAccept("[1.0 , )", "3.5.6", true);
@@ -157,11 +154,11 @@
     // assertion helper methods
 
     private void assertDynamic(String askedVersion, boolean b) {
-        assertEquals(b, _vm.isDynamic(ModuleRevisionId.newInstance("org", "name", askedVersion)));
+        assertEquals(b, vm.isDynamic(ModuleRevisionId.newInstance("org", "name", askedVersion)));
     }
 
     private void assertAccept(String askedVersion, String depVersion, boolean b) {
-        assertEquals(b, _vm.accept(ModuleRevisionId.newInstance("org", "name", askedVersion),
+        assertEquals(b, vm.accept(ModuleRevisionId.newInstance("org", "name", askedVersion),
             ModuleRevisionId.newInstance("org", "name", depVersion)));
     }
 }
Index: test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/version/LatestVersionMatcherTest.java
===================================================================
--- test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/version/LatestVersionMatcherTest.java	(revision 0)
+++ test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/version/LatestVersionMatcherTest.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ *  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ *  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ *  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.ivy.plugins.version;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import org.apache.ivy.core.module.id.ModuleRevisionId;
+import org.apache.ivy.core.module.status.Status;
+import org.apache.ivy.core.module.status.StatusManager;
+import org.apache.ivy.plugins.latest.LatestRevisionStrategy;
+
+public class LatestVersionMatcherTest extends TestCase {
+    LatestVersionMatcher vm = new LatestVersionMatcher();
+
+    public void testNeedModuleDescriptor() throws Exception {
+        StatusManager.getCurrent().addStatus(new Status("release", false));
+        StatusManager.getCurrent().addStatus(new Status("snapshot", true));
+
+        assertNeed("latest.release", true);
+        assertNeed("latest.snapshot", false);
+    }
+
+    // assertion helper methods
+
+    private void assertDynamic(String askedVersion, boolean b) {
+        assertEquals(b, vm.isDynamic(ModuleRevisionId.newInstance("org", "name", askedVersion)));
+    }
+
+    private void assertAccept(String askedVersion, String depVersion, boolean b) {
+        assertEquals(b, vm.accept(ModuleRevisionId.newInstance("org", "name", askedVersion),
+                                  ModuleRevisionId.newInstance("org", "name", depVersion)));
+    }
+
+    private void assertNeed(String askedVersion, boolean b) {
+        assertEquals(b, vm.needModuleDescriptor(ModuleRevisionId.newInstance("org", "name", askedVersion), null));
+    }
+}
Index: src/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/version/LatestVersionMatcher.java
===================================================================
--- src/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/version/LatestVersionMatcher.java	(revision 909646)
+++ src/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/version/LatestVersionMatcher.java	(working copy)
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@
 package org.apache.ivy.plugins.version;
 
 import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.ivy.core.module.descriptor.ModuleDescriptor;
 import org.apache.ivy.core.module.id.ModuleRevisionId;
+import org.apache.ivy.core.module.status.Status;
 import org.apache.ivy.core.module.status.StatusManager;
 
 public class LatestVersionMatcher extends AbstractVersionMatcher {
@@ -37,7 +39,10 @@
     }
 
     public boolean needModuleDescriptor(ModuleRevisionId askedMrid, ModuleRevisionId foundMrid) {
-        return !"latest.integration".equals(askedMrid.getRevision());
+        List statuses = StatusManager.getCurrent().getStatuses();
+        Status lowest = (Status) statuses.get(statuses.size() - 1);
+        String latestLowest = "latest." + lowest.getName();
+        return !lowest.isIntegration() || !latestLowest.equals(askedMrid.getRevision());
     }
 
     public boolean accept(ModuleRevisionId askedMrid, ModuleDescriptor foundMD) {