See: https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/maven-central-guide.html#flavors for background. It would be nice if these could be added to the spring-boot-dependencies bom too.
Comment From: wilkinsona
Oracle introduced a bom in 19.7.0.0 which we switched to when we upgraded. The pre-established dependencies are pom-only artifacts that are similar to our starters but they aren't incIuded in the bom. Rather than us managing their version separately, I'd prefer that Oracle included them in their bom.
Comment From: davidkarlsen
I guess that's a fair point! However Oracle being Oracle I am not sure where to engage with such a request :-)
Comment From: wilkinsona
@Kuassim is the PM for Oracle's DB. Kuassi, can you please point us in the right direction to make such a request?
Comment From: Kuassim
Let me discuss the implications, if any with, with my colleagues and get back asap.
Comment From: Kuassim
After discussing this with the team; we agree to include the flavor POMs to our BOM. We will implement this as soon as possible. Thank you, Kuassi
Comment From: wilkinsona
That's excellent news. Thank you, @Kuassim and team.