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Names in java, maven, and gradle

Ned Twigg on January 23, 2020

A central aspect of Java's philosophy is that names matter. Brian Goetz, Java Language Architect and author of Java Concurrency in Practice ...
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As Jeremie Bresson (@j2r2b) notes on Twitter, eclipse-hosted projects have a unique culture around this, which is probably because eclipse predates maven. (link)

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If you want to relocate a gradle plugin with a nice warning message, here's some sample code: 1, 2