com.github.ben-manes.versions unused and can be removed

[mobilekosmos]

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• [x] I am not disclosing a vulnerability.
• [x] I am not just asking a question.
• [x] I have searched through existing issues.

Following is not used anymore in the project. This is a conclusion from a past discussion which I could not find anymore but maybe you can confirm that this is not used anymore, if so this could be removed from root's build.gradle:

id "com.github.ben-manes.versions" version "0.28.0"

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[mtrezza]

Did you do a search within the project and does it compile if you remove the dependency?

[azlekov]

This plugin can be removed or we can start using it in the GitHub Actions to report dependencies updates. To be discussed.

[mtrezza]

@L3K0V what do you suggest we do with that dependency?

[azlekov]

Currently is not used and I cannot see any benefit having it right now, so maybe to be removed. If someone have ideas in future regarding this plugin - lets open an PR and we can start discussion again.

[mtrezza]

@mobilekosmos Do you want to open a PR to remove it?