Updates that help with testing in newer JDKs while still supporting older ones (which version tends to depend on the specific component; most have been or can be upgraded to JDK 8 at least). With Java 17 coming out, some developers will make the jump from 11 to 17.
On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 11:49 AM John Patrick <nhoj.patr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So dependabot, most commons project already have it, so was helping out > adding it the the rest. > But the main reason was pro-active DevSecOps. So automatically testing the > current main branch against the latest releases of dependencies. Save > developer and contributors manually watching out for new dependencies being > release, saves having to manually create a commit and manually raise a pr. > Basically wanting to save those with write privileges time and you can pick > what and when you merge and know all all potential dependencies are being > tested. > > JUnit, so running against the latest v4.x. > > Hamcrest, as junit v4.x depends upon the v1.3 version, it upgrades to the > v2. So when in 5 or 10 years i'm able to just my java 8 and junit 5 pull > requests approved they won't break as already using the v2.x hamcrest. > > Dot git ignore, if you checkout those project and build them, a few don't > exclude target so status shows lots. Also I believe discussed on this > mailing list that ide specific excludes shouldn't be part of the project as > it's the developer choosing that ide so it should be in their users git > ignore. > > I would like to do some releases to bump everything to at least java 8, and > then spend my time upgrade unit tests to junit v5 jupiter. > > But I might try that next year or the year after, after all we are only 3 > years away from the Java 23 LTS. > > John > > > On Wed, 8 Sept 2021 at 23:47, Gilles Sadowski <gillese...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello. > > > > Le mer. 8 sept. 2021 à 21:10, John Patrick <nhoj.patr...@gmail.com> a > > écrit : > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Could someone look at this pr's, some coming up to a year open. > > > > Thanks for the reminder; however ... > > > > > > > > Dependabot, adding the commons standard. > > > [...] > > > https://github.com/apache/commons-math/pull/160 > > > https://github.com/apache/commons-numbers/pull/86 > > > [...] > > > https://github.com/apache/commons-rng/pull/79 > > > https://github.com/apache/commons-statistics/pull/25 > > > [...] > > > > > > > What is the added value for projects' maintainers? > > [IIUC, this script advertises a new version that, most often than not, > > provides a solution to a problem that does not exist (for the target > > project)...] > > > > IOW, you (for example) are welcome to watch those update > > messages and, when a real problem would be solved through an > > upgrade, a specific PR will be most welcome. > > > > Best regards, > > Gilles > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
