"com.springsource" prefix on artifact/module causing conflicts - spring

Question

I have a dependency on my project like this:
<dependency org="org.springframework"
name="org.springframework.web.servlet"
rev="3.1.2.RELEASE" />
And it wants to pull things like this:
org.apache.commons#com.springsource.org.apache.commons.logging;1.1.1
which causes issues with other libraries that use a newer version of commons-logging. So I work around it by excluding it like this:
<exclude org="org.apache.commons"
module="com.springsource.org.apache.commons.logging" />
but having to do that kind of defeats the purpose of the conflict management Ivy has built-in. Is there a better way to handle this, or do I have to track down all the potential conflicts manually?
Disclaimer: I'm pretty new to Ivy and dependency management, so I have no idea if this concept extends into the Maven world as well. If not, I apologize for the false tagging.

Answer 1

I'm assuming you are using the EBR repositories in your ivysettings.xml file.
You get those com.springsource dependencies because all the libraries in EBR are valid OSGi bundles and SpringSource transformed normal jars in bundles by prefixing the bundle names with com.springsource.
Also, I'm assuming your project doesn't make use of an OSGi container and you don't actually need OSGi bundles in your project. To get back to resolving normal jars and not OSGi bundles you need not to use the EBR repositories.
In your ivysettings.xml comment the resolvers that point to EBR repositories, for example:
<!-- <resolvers>
<chain name="chained">
<url name="com.springsource.repository.bundles.release">
<ivy pattern="http://repository.springsource.com/ivy/bundles/release/[organisation]/[module]/[revision]/[artifact]-[revision].[ext]" />
<artifact pattern="http://repository.springsource.com/ivy/bundles/release/[organisation]/[module]/[revision]/[artifact]-[revision].[ext]" />
</url>
<url name="com.springsource.repository.bundles.external">
<ivy pattern="http://repository.springsource.com/ivy/bundles/external/[organisation]/[module]/[revision]/[artifact]-[revision].[ext]" />
<artifact pattern="http://repository.springsource.com/ivy/bundles/external/[organisation]/[module]/[revision]/[artifact]-[revision].[ext]" />
</url>
</chain>
</resolvers> -->
And replace those with the ibiblio resolver:
<settings defaultResolver="central"/>
<resolvers>
<ibiblio name="central" m2compatible="true"/>
</resolvers>
Also, you need to change any dependency that, initially, was taken from EBR repositories to the format the usual Maven central repository has. For example, your dependency on org.springframework.web.servlet needs to be changed in ivy.xml to:
<dependency org="org.springframework"
name="spring-web"
rev="3.1.2.RELEASE" />
With the changes above, Ivy will resolve the dependencies from Maven central, as well.