As a follow-up to https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/27619, when the related Spring Boot branch will be created, Spring Boot 3.4 should probably add support for org.webjars:webjars-locator-lite (0.0.3 has been released at this time, but 1.0.0 will be shortly released, see https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/32564 and https://github.com/webjars/webjars-locator-lite/issues/1 related issues).
In practice, I think that would mean updating ConditionalOnEnabledResourceChain to detect webjars-locator-lite org.webjars.WebJarVersionLocator, and add dependency management for org.webjars:webjars-locator-lite:1.0.0.
Notice org.webjars:webjars-locator-core support is deprecated as of Spring Framework 6.2.
Comment From: sdeleuze
FYI org.webjars:webjars-locator-lite:1.0.0 has been released and will be used as a baseline as of Spring Framework 6.2.0-M2.
Comment From: wilkinsona
Thanks, @sdeleuze. Sounds like a good candidate for Boot 3.4.