chore: cap com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path Renovate to < 3 (Java 17 floor)#688
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json-path 3.x raised its build-time floor to Java 17 and only publishes Java 17+ class-file variants. NotificationPortlet builds on the fleet's Java 11 floor (per CLAUDE.md), so any json-path 3 bump fails Gradle dependency resolution with 'No matching variant ... compatible with Java X' before any compile happens. Renovate has been opening json-path 3 PRs (most recently uPortal-Project#685) that sit unmergeable. Adding a cap so the bot stops creating them. Same shape as the existing Spring/Hibernate/Jakarta caps in this file: revisit once the fleet moves to Java 17 as part of the Spring 6 / Jakarta EE migration. Changes: - renovate.json: add packageRule for com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path with allowedVersions: '< 3.0'.
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Stops Renovate from creating PRs that bump
com.jayway.jsonpath:json-pathto 3.x. Most recently surfaced as #685 which has been sitting unmergeable.Why
json-path 3.x raised its build-time floor to Java 17 and only publishes Java 17+ class-file variants. NotificationPortlet builds on the fleet's Java 11 floor (per the workspace
CLAUDE.md), so any 3.x bump fails Gradle dependency resolution with 'No matching variant ... compatible with Java X' before reaching compile.Same shape as the existing Spring 5+, Hibernate 6+, Jakarta, and Gradle 9 caps already in this file: revisit once the fleet moves to Java 17 as part of the Spring 6 / Jakarta EE migration.
This is independent of #687 (
sourceCompatibility = 11). #687 unblocks Guava 33 and the Jackson patch line — those publish Java 11 variants. json-path 3 needs the full Java 17 jump.Changes
renovate.json: add apackageRuleforcom.jayway.jsonpath:json-pathwithallowedVersions: '< 3.0'and a description explaining the Java 17 gate.Test plan
python3 -m json.tool renovate.json— parses cleanly