Improving Conflict Resolution
Context
Currently, there is only one implementation of conflict resolution in Maven. In certain cases, users may wish to use alternative methods to resolve these conflicts, maybe even opting to fail the build when a conflict is detected.
These different resolution techniques may not be mapped 1:1 with a given POM. Instead, it may make more sense to allow the user to configure his own preferred strategy, in order to make his role in the development effort simpler. One such example might be QA testers, which may opt to verify that all dependencies are convergent before proceeding with what may be an irreproducible build.