Is next(dev17) release going to use kotlin 1.4 rel...

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[Halil Ozercan]

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

[Adam Powell]

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

[jim]

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.

[louiscad]

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

[jim]

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".

[louiscad]

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

[jim]

ok, great. If it works, then it works, by all means use 1.4.0!

[louiscad]

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