Configuration option to fail build if stuff is out of date

[binkley]

(Please see sister issue for the Maven versions plugin: mojohaus/versions#387)

I'm working on an article on "Modern Java/JVM Build Practices", and this plugin is one of the recommendations for Gradle.

I'd like to offer advice on failing the build if plugins/dependencies are out of date -- with an eye to helping teams that want explicit version exclusions when needed.

What do you suggest?

[ben-manes]

This can be done by specifying an output formatter. This allows for evaluating the report programmatically and failing the build if desired. See this user’s build as an example.

[binkley]

@ben-manes Thank you!

I'm working on an article on Gradle and Maven builds. This is just the kind of "how to" link I was looking for.

[jaredsburrows]

Closing this as it is a question.