为什么最新的STS不支持最新的Spring 4.2.4？

Question

I just downloaded the STS (Spring Tool Suite) and created a simple Spring project.

But the supported Spring version is as below:

Why the latest Spring 4.2.4 is not listed? How can I add it?

Answer 1

I think, it's because they are in favor of Spring-boot. You can create a Spring Starter Project instead and it will come with the lastest version of spring.