springdoc-openapi-starter 3.x doesn't depend on org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter

[mhalbritter]

Hello,

while working on spring-io/start.spring.io#2088, i noticed a difference between the 2.x version and the 3.x version.

In 2.x, the org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui:2.8.15 dependency has a transitive dependency on org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter:

 - Compile classpath for source set 'main'.
\--- org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui:2.8.15
     +--- org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-api:2.8.15
     |    +--- org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-common:2.8.15
     |    |    +--- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure:3.5.9 -> 3.5.11
     |    |    |    \--- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot:3.5.11
     |    |    |         +--- org.springframework:spring-core:6.2.16
     |    |    |         |    \--- org.springframework:spring-jcl:6.2.16
     |    |    |         \--- org.springframework:spring-context:6.2.16
     |    |    |              +--- org.springframework:spring-aop:6.2.16
     |    |    |              |    +--- org.springframework:spring-beans:6.2.16
     |    |    |              |    |    \--- org.springframework:spring-core:6.2.16 (*)
     |    |    |              |    \--- org.springframework:spring-core:6.2.16 (*)
     |    |    |              +--- org.springframework:spring-beans:6.2.16 (*)
     |    |    |              +--- org.springframework:spring-core:6.2.16 (*)
     |    |    |              +--- org.springframework:spring-expression:6.2.16
     |    |    |              |    \--- org.springframework:spring-core:6.2.16 (*)
     |    |    |              \--- io.micrometer:micrometer-observation:1.15.9
     |    |    |                   \--- io.micrometer:micrometer-commons:1.15.9
     |    |    +--- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation:3.5.9 -> 3.5.11
     |    |    |    +--- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter:3.5.11

This makes the starter a "real" starter, because every starter should depend directly or indirectly on org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter (see the NOTE here).

However, the 3.x version doesn't do this, there's no org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter in the dependency tree, which doesn't make it a "real" starter.

Could you please also depend on org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter in the 3.x version to fix this?

Thanks!

[bnasslahsen]

Thanks for the hint, @mhalbritter!
I’ll make sure to push a PR with the new version once we’ve officially released.

[mhalbritter]

Thanks for the quick turnaround!