Consider Using a Fixed Parent Version and Control Flexibility Elsewhere:
In practice, you may want to fix the parent POM version and manage flexibility at the dependency level (where version ranges are supported). For example:
Use a fixed version for the parent POM to ensure consistency in build settings and plugin management.
Use version ranges for dependencies within the project to allow flexibility for specific libraries.
In larger projects, the approach of inheritance is not efficient because the project can inherit only a single parent. Importing is the alternative as we can import as many BOMs as we need.
Consider Using a Fixed Parent Version and Control Flexibility Elsewhere:
In practice, you may want to fix the parent POM version and manage flexibility at the dependency level (where version ranges are supported). For example: