Supporting multiple versions of a dependency

[hiql]

Verification

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Provide a detailed description of the proposed feature

I am a java developer, I use openjdk/maven/gradle.

maven depends on openjdk
gradle depends on openjdk@17

so I have to install 2 jdks on my mac.It's a little bit annoying:(

actually, openjdk@17 is ok for both maven and gradle

What is the motivation for the feature?

to reduce duplicate packages

How will the feature be relevant to at least 90% of Homebrew users?

Nothing

What alternatives to the feature have been considered?

Nothing

[MikeMcQuaid]

This is intentional behaviour and we have no plans of changing it.

[ZhongRuoyu]

Just to add a little bit of context: I switched gradle from openjdk to openjdk@17 in Homebrew/homebrew-core#126337 because the current latest gradle does not support running on openjdk 20. This is temporary; once openjdk 20 support is shipped (starting from gradle 8.3, according to gradle/gradle#23488), we will switch it back to openjdk.