Version constraints break 'use-latest-versions' when property-based versions are present

[robsykes24]

Description:

In version 2.2 of the versions-maven-plugin, the 'use-latest-versions' would ignore versions that were declared as a property. This issue has already been identified by #99 and #109. However, this change in behavior also introduces another problem documented in this issue where the specification of version constraints ( allowMajorUpdates, DallowMinorUpdates, allowIncrementalUpdates) breaks when a property-based version is encountered. Ideally it would be beneficial to have the behavior of the 2.2 version restored as it would eliminate this issue and also restore the ability to use a combination of property-based and non-property based versions within a given pom. The versions could then be managed via the 'update-property' and 'use-latest-versions' goals respectively without conflict.

There may be a relationship to #205

Test Case (developed using with Maven 3.5.0)

Project 'a'

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>test</groupId>
    <artifactId>a</artifactId>

    <version>1.0.1-0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    </properties> 
</project>

Project 'b'

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>test</groupId>
    <artifactId>b</artifactId>

    <version>1.0.2-0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>

    <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <dependency.a.version>1.0.4-SNAPSHOT</dependency.a.version>
    </properties>

    <dependencyManagement>
        <dependencies>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>test</groupId>
                <artifactId>a</artifactId>
                <version>${dependency.a.version}</version>
            </dependency>
        </dependencies>
    </dependencyManagement>
</project>

File Structure:

test
├── a
│   └── pom.xml
└── b
    └── pom.xml

Test setup:

Stage 1.0.1-0-SNAPSHOT and 1.0.2-0-SNAPSHOT versions of project 'a'

(cd a; mvn clean install)
(cd a; mvn build-helper:parse-version versions:set -DgenerateBackupPoms=false -DnewVersion='${parsedVersion.majorVersion}.${parsedVersion.minorVersion}.${parsedVersion.incrementalVersion}-${parsedVersion.nextBuildNumber}-SNAPSHOT')
(cd a; mvn clean install)

Build 'b' that depends on version 1.0.1-0-SNAPSHOT of 'a' (verifies build works)

(cd b; mvn clean install)

Test steps:

Attempt to bump version to next incremental snapshot buildnumber using specific version of versions-maven-plugin (version > 2.2):

(cd b; mvn org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin:2.5:use-latest-versions -DgenerateBackupPoms=false -DallowMajorUpdates=false -DallowMinorUpdates=false -DallowIncrementalUpdates=false -DallowSnapshots=true)

Results with versions-maven-plugin > 2.2:

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin:2.5:use-latest-versions (default-cli) on project b: Execution default-cli of goal org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin:2.5:use-latest-versions failed: Invalid segment, 2, for the 1 segment version: '${dependency.a.version}' -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.

Attempt to bump version to next incremental snapshot buildnumber using specific version of versions-maven-plugin (version = 2.2):

(cd b; mvn org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin:2.2:use-latest-versions -DgenerateBackupPoms=false -DallowMajorUpdates=false -DallowMinorUpdates=false -DallowIncrementalUpdates=false -DallowSnapshots=true)

Results with versions-maven-plugin = 2.2:

Nothing changes since the version is declared as a property

Attempt to bump version without constraints using specific version of versions-maven-plugin:

(cd b; mvn org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin:2.5:use-latest-versions -DgenerateBackupPoms=false -DallowSnapshots=true)

Results with versions-maven-plugin > 2.2:

The property is replaced with the new version

git diff b/pom.xml
diff --git a/b/pom.xml b/b/pom.xml
index f893352..318627f 100644
--- a/b/pom.xml
+++ b/b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>test</groupId>
                 <artifactId>a</artifactId>
-                <version>${dependency.a.version}</version>
+                <version>1.0.1-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
             </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>

Results with versions-maven-plugin = 2.2:

Nothing changes since the version is declared as a property

[andrzejj0]

Looks like the old behaviour has been reverted by #340. Can be closed @slachiewicz