Scott Murphy

> As an incremental fix, we should first merge: > > #15260 which requires [apache/grails-gradle-publish#16](https://github.com/apache/grails-gradle-publish/pull/16) > > Not having a deferred lookup is the main reason properties were broken in...

> Number 2 is false. The spring dependency management plugin works just fine with the module metadata published. You can see this in the example project here: https://github.com/jdaugherty/grails-bom-demo-spring-dependency-management (this project...

> For the 131 redundant versions, by redundant I assume you mean that a grails.version property isn't defined for the grails project? Technically if you know what you're doing, you...

> We discussed this PR in the weekly meeting. Given that the multiple properties allow for the option to customize select libraries, we want to keep that feature. > >...

> @codeconsole I haven't seen an example of where it's bad to keep the flexibility of the pom properties. I also haven't seen any updates to this PR. do you...

@jdaugherty I am still not understanding your explanation for these 130 properties that all have the same version `7.1.0-SNAPSHOT` Can you please provide an example when you would use any...

> If the property is the same for all Grails modules, couldn't you just use the `org.apache.grails:grails-bom` with that version instead? you could, but them you would get that version's...

> It's not about which of these is better. Since Grails 7 applications are still generated with the Spring Dependency Management Grails Plugin, we support both pathways to override the...

@jdaugherty The 130 versions doesn't have anything to do with the mono-repo. It has to do with, all of the sudden, introducing variables for versions specific to the project. There...

Jline [3.27.1](https://github.com/jline/jline3/releases/tag/jline-3.27.1) is the current version. ```gradle implementation "org.jline:jline:3.27.1" ``` https://github.com/jline/jline3 > t's definitely not a drop-in replacement. > During development, I haven't considered compatibility as a goal at all,...