Issue
What would be the easiest way to tell Gradle
the following:
Retrieve 'junit' dependency and take its latest 'release' version.
Managing Maven and Ivy repositories is sort of new to me. I tried the following steps and they result in Could not resolve dependency ...
error:
Write
compile "junit:junit:latest.release"
with repositories set to onlymavenCentral()
(however, it works if I say "junit:junit:4.10").Write
compile "junit:junit:latest.release"
with repository set the following way:ivy { // I also tried 'http://maven.org' and other possible variants. url "http://repo1.maven.org" layout "maven" }
Attempted to use Spring Source Ivy repository:
ivy { artifactPattern "http://repository.springsource.com/ivy/libraries/release/[organisation]/[module]/[revision]/[artifact]-[revision].[ext]" ivyPattern "http://repository.springsource.com/ivy/libraries/release/[organisation]/[module]/[revision]/[artifact]-[revision].[ext]" }
Maybe I misunderstand something. Why would getting the latest version of the dependency be such a hard task?
Solution
Gradle currently does not support Maven's RELEASE
(which is rarely used and deprecated) but it does support Ivy's latest.release
. However, the general recommendation is to build against exact versions. Otherwise, the build can become a lottery.
Answered By - Peter Niederwieser
Answer Checked By - Willingham (JavaFixing Volunteer)