Specification for dependency version conflict resolution

[delanym]

Improvement proposal

Just as there is a specification for the "dependency version requirement".
https://maven.apache.org/pom.html#Dependency_Version_Requirement_Specification

There should be a specification for "dependency version conflict resolution".

For example, if I import 2 BOM files into a dependencyManagement section, and they both specify a version for the same dependency, then which takes priority?

This page does not answer that question
https://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-dependency-mechanism.html

[cstamas]

This is a good issue, thanks for raising it. FTR, "first wins" and the rest of (conflicting) ones are silently forgotten (dropped). Hence, to many surprise, it does not in "maven way" at all.

For ref: apache/maven#9009