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Posted to dev@maven.apache.org by Luke Blanshard <lu...@blanshard.us> on 2006/12/27 02:29:45 UTC
Re: RE: Time to release the Release plugin?
Brian E. Fox wrote:
> I can do the maven-dependency-plugin release. I have a few mojos that
> need some more tests and then I need to update the site and it's ready.
>
Hi Brian,
You wrote this on October 27th. I'm a maven newbie, but as far as I
can tell it hasn't happened yet. Can you give us an update on your
planned timeline?
Incidentally, if you're planning to release this as "alpha-1", I
really don't see the need for having all the i's dotted and t's
crossed. I'd be happy to have the thing released as-is, called alpha,
and give you the time you need to finalize the 2.0 release. But still
make the thing available.
Thanks,
Luke Blanshard
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason van Zyl [mailto:jason@maven.org]
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 10:39 PM
> To: Maven Developers List
> Subject: Re: Time to release the Release plugin?
>
>
> On 26 Oct 06, at 5:15 PM 26 Oct 06, Daniel Kulp wrote:
>
>
>> On Thursday October 26 2006 11:26 am, Matthew Beermann wrote:
>>
>>> Are there any plans to release a new version of the Release plugin
>>> any time soon? It's been since last May (!)...
>>>
>>> The particular feature we're most interested in is for it to insert
>>> explict versions of the build plugins while creating the release POM.
>>> This is a necessary prerequisite to having truly repeatable builds.
>>> There are comments in the code to the effect that this feature is
>>> planned, but I can't seem to find the JIRA issue that tracks it...
>>>
>>> --Matthew Beermann
>>>
>> While we're on the subject, what about some of the other plugins that
>> haven't seen action in a while or have other major issues:
>>
>>
>
> Ok, I spent a little time rounding up some people to take on releases
> and we have the following:
>
> maven-dependency-plugin: John Tolentino
> maven-surefire-plugin: Kenney
> maven-pmd-plugin: Joakim
> maven-checkstyle-plugin: Joakim
> maven-release-plugin: Jason
>
> And seeing as I found people for those you are going to do the maven-
> assembly-plugin :-)
>
> We'll all start working next week and release them as soon as we can.
>
> Jason.
>
>
>> 1) maven-dependency-plugin - this one actually has docs on
>> maven.apache.org
>> (http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/).
>> However, it
>> doesn't actually exist. It's NEVER been released. The only
>> released
>> version available is the older "mojo" versions that don't have all the
>> new goals documented at apache.org. Anyway, having a plugin
>> listed at
>> apache.org that doesn't actually exist is probably not a good thing.
>>
>> 2) surefire - the 2.2 version is pretty much un-usable in a reactor
>> build with reporting turned on as all the tests are "cumulative" and
>> you get
>> results from previous modules in the current module. We've had to
>> force the usage of 2.1.3. Also, JUnit 4 would be nice. :-)
>> (one
>> project I'm involved in has almost abandoned the ant -> maven
>> transition due to lack of JUnit 4 support)
>>
>> 3) PMD - pmd 3.8 was released a few weeks ago. Updating the
>> plugin just
>> to use 3.8 would be nice as it fixes several problems with JDK 1.5
>> code.
>> (Requires 3.8 being added to central)
>>
>> 4) Assembly - hasn't been released since May. The SNAPSHOTS have some
>> fixes that were required by tuscany. Not sure the details. However,
>> they cannot use the release plugin due to the snapshot dependency.
>> (not
>> that they could use the release plugin anyway due to previously
>> documented issues with the release plugin and the apache processes)
>>
>> I'm sure other people have more plugins they'd like to see
>> released. I
>> know a bunch of the maven folks are hard at work on things like
>> Archiva, Maven 2.1, rsync improvements, etc... However, IMO, the
>> current plugins aren't receiving the love and attention they need and
>> the community is suffering for it.
>>
>> Maybe I should find some time to help out.... :-(
>>
>> --
>> J. Daniel Kulp
>> Principal Engineer
>> IONA
>> P: 781-902-8727 C: 508-380-7194 F:781-902-8001
>> daniel.kulp@iona.com
>>
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Re: Time to release the Release plugin?
Posted by Jason van Zyl <ja...@maven.org>.
On 26 Dec 06, at 8:29 PM 26 Dec 06, Luke Blanshard wrote:
> Brian E. Fox wrote:
>> I can do the maven-dependency-plugin release. I have a few mojos that
>> need some more tests and then I need to update the site and it's
>> ready.
>
> Hi Brian,
>
> You wrote this on October 27th. I'm a maven newbie, but as far as
> I can tell it hasn't happened yet. Can you give us an update on
> your planned timeline?
>
> Incidentally, if you're planning to release this as "alpha-1", I
> really don't see the need for having all the i's dotted and t's
> crossed. I'd be happy to have the thing released as-is, called
> alpha, and give you the time you need to finalize the 2.0 release.
> But still make the thing available.
>
It's in the queue, we've released most of the plugins mentioned, a
few more up for votes and the release plugin is next on the list.
Realistically a week before I look at it myself, someone might get
there first.
jason.
> Thanks,
> Luke Blanshard
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jason van Zyl [mailto:jason@maven.org] Sent: Thursday,
>> October 26, 2006 10:39 PM
>> To: Maven Developers List
>> Subject: Re: Time to release the Release plugin?
>>
>>
>> On 26 Oct 06, at 5:15 PM 26 Oct 06, Daniel Kulp wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Thursday October 26 2006 11:26 am, Matthew Beermann wrote:
>>>
>>>> Are there any plans to release a new version of the Release
>>>> plugin any time soon? It's been since last May (!)...
>>>>
>>>> The particular feature we're most interested in is for it to
>>>> insert explict versions of the build plugins while creating the
>>>> release POM.
>>>> This is a necessary prerequisite to having truly repeatable builds.
>>>> There are comments in the code to the effect that this feature
>>>> is planned, but I can't seem to find the JIRA issue that tracks
>>>> it...
>>>>
>>>> --Matthew Beermann
>>>>
>>> While we're on the subject, what about some of the other plugins
>>> that haven't seen action in a while or have other major issues:
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Ok, I spent a little time rounding up some people to take on releases
>> and we have the following:
>>
>> maven-dependency-plugin: John Tolentino
>> maven-surefire-plugin: Kenney
>> maven-pmd-plugin: Joakim
>> maven-checkstyle-plugin: Joakim
>> maven-release-plugin: Jason
>>
>> And seeing as I found people for those you are going to do the maven-
>> assembly-plugin :-)
>>
>> We'll all start working next week and release them as soon as we can.
>>
>> Jason.
>>
>>
>>> 1) maven-dependency-plugin - this one actually has docs on
>>> maven.apache.org
>>> (http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/).
>>> However, it
>>> doesn't actually exist. It's NEVER been released. The only
>>> released
>>> version available is the older "mojo" versions that don't have
>>> all the
>>> new goals documented at apache.org. Anyway, having a plugin
>>> listed at
>>> apache.org that doesn't actually exist is probably not a good thing.
>>>
>>> 2) surefire - the 2.2 version is pretty much un-usable in a
>>> reactor build with reporting turned on as all the tests are
>>> "cumulative" and you get
>>> results from previous modules in the current module. We've had to
>>> force the usage of 2.1.3. Also, JUnit 4 would be
>>> nice. :-) (one
>>> project I'm involved in has almost abandoned the ant -> maven
>>> transition due to lack of JUnit 4 support)
>>>
>>> 3) PMD - pmd 3.8 was released a few weeks ago. Updating the
>>> plugin just
>>> to use 3.8 would be nice as it fixes several problems with JDK
>>> 1.5 code.
>>> (Requires 3.8 being added to central)
>>>
>>> 4) Assembly - hasn't been released since May. The SNAPSHOTS have
>>> some
>>> fixes that were required by tuscany. Not sure the details.
>>> However,
>>> they cannot use the release plugin due to the snapshot
>>> dependency. (not
>>> that they could use the release plugin anyway due to previously
>>> documented issues with the release plugin and the apache processes)
>>>
>>> I'm sure other people have more plugins they'd like to see
>>> released. I
>>> know a bunch of the maven folks are hard at work on things like
>>> Archiva, Maven 2.1, rsync improvements, etc... However, IMO, the
>>> current plugins aren't receiving the love and attention they need
>>> and the community is suffering for it.
>>>
>>> Maybe I should find some time to help out.... :-(
>>>
>>> --
>>> J. Daniel Kulp
>>> Principal Engineer
>>> IONA
>>> P: 781-902-8727 C: 508-380-7194 F:781-902-8001
>>> daniel.kulp@iona.com
>>>
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