Custom metadata rule to select a specific minor version of a library

build.gradle

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

configurations {
    foo
}

dependencies {
    foo 'org.scala-lang:scala-library:latest.2_12'
    foo 'org.scala-lang:scala-reflect:2.12.8'
}

@CacheableRule
abstract class CustomStatusRule implements ComponentMetadataRule {
    void execute(ComponentMetadataContext context) {
        if (context.details.id.name == 'scala-library'
            && context.details.id.version.startsWith('2.12.')) {
            context.details.statusScheme = ["release", "2_12"]
            context.details.status = "2_12"
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    components {
        all(CustomStatusRule)
    }
}