Is next(dev17) release going to use kotlin 1.4 release version?

I think @jim knows which side of the branch cut it landed in, it's either 1.4.0-rc or 1.4.0. The 1.4 finalization was very close to the dev17 build cutoff last Wednesday

I think

dev17

will use

1.4.0-rc

and the build after that will use

1.4.0

. Although all recent builds (including

dev16

) are technically compatible with

1.4.0

and will work if you force the dependency.

@jim There shouldn't be a need to force the dependency? I think 1.4.0 Gradle plugin automatically adds the correct stdlib dependency

But if you specify

1.4.0

in your file but try to use an artifact that demands

1.4.0-rc

, what happens? Don't you need to do something to tell Gradle "eeh, it's fine".

Gradle will pick the latest of the two, which is 1.4.0 according to its version sorting.

ok, great. If it works, then it works, by all means use

1.4.0

!

If no ranges are involved, then the highest version that is not rejected will be selected.

From this page: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/dependency_resolution.html