I admit that maven on large projects can lead to some dependency problems, while not the final solution I found that Maven Enforcer Plugin[1] helps to reduce th

I admit that maven on large projects can lead to some dependency problems, while not the final solution I found that Maven Enforcer Plugin[1] helps to reduce this mess, makes it harder to keep the dependencies because sometimes you have to exclude them everywhere and add your own by hand, but I don't see any better alternative, APIs change. [1] http://maven.apache.org/enforcer/maven-enforcer-plugin/ http://maven.apache.org/enforcer/maven-enforcer-plugin/