[jira] [Created] (RNG-182) Bill of Materials (BOM)

["Alex Herbert (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Alex Herbert created RNG-182:
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             Summary: Bill of Materials (BOM)
                 Key: RNG-182
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RNG-182
             Project: Commons RNG
          Issue Type: New Feature
          Components: client-api, core, sampling, simple
    Affects Versions: 1.5
            Reporter: Alex Herbert
            Assignee: Alex Herbert
             Fix For: 1.5


In 1.5 the multi-module project rearranges a few methods to default interface methods in a different module. This is binary compatible. However it requires that all versions of the modules are matched. If the other modules are explicitly imported by a transitive dependency as a lower version then this will cause a runtime error due to missing methods.
 
I suggest we create a Bill of Materials (BOM) as a separate artifact to be deployed to maven for dependency management. Downstream users can then include this in their POM and all versions of the RNG modules would be matched.
{noformat}
<dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-rng-bom</artifactId>
            <version>1.5</version>
            <type>pom</type>
            <scope>import</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
{noformat}




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