Suggestion to add management of com.google.re2j:re2j #7080
Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
We are using the com.google.cloud:libraries-bom (through com.google.cloud:spring-cloud-gcp-dependencies) to manage versions for our Google Cloud dependencies. We've noticed that com.google.re2j:re2j is included as a transitive runtime dependency of com.google.cloud:google-cloud-spanner, but its version is not managed in the libraries-bom.
We have validations that our release build resolves to one single version of each dependency, and this dependency is also included through another of our dependencies in another version. This necessitates that we manage this dependency ourselves. We would prefer if this dependency would be managed through the import of the Google BOM (being a Google dependency, just like Guava for example).
Describe the solution you'd like
That dependency management of com.google.re2j:re2j would be included through the import of com.google.cloud:libraries-bom.
Describe alternatives you've considered
We can (and do) manage this version by ourselves, but would prefer if this managed was handled through this BOM import instead.