Re: RE: Time to release the Release plugin?

[Robert Kopco <ro...@hotmail.de>]

It has been 11 month since the last release of the maven-release-plugin 
(2.0-beta-4).
When will the next release of the plugin approximately be?

There are 10 open issues. For a lot of issues patches have been provided:

MRELEASE-128
MRELEASE-122
MRELEASE-116
MRELEASE-90
MRELEASE-91
MRELEASE-137

Maybe a committer could have a look at one of these.

2006/12/29, Brian E. Fox <br...@reply.infinity.nu>:

    Apache implemented some new rules 11/1 regarding releases that required
    changes to many core plugins. I was waiting a little for everything else
    to get released and things to calm down.  It may be prudent to wait for
    the release plugin itself to be done first since I know Jason has been
    working through the various releases and making updates.

    It's on my list to finish the remaining tests this weekend and then we
    can call a vote.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Luke Blanshard [mailto:luke@blanshard.us]
    Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 8:30 PM
    To: Brian E. Fox
    Cc: Maven Developers List
    Subject: 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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