No, it should NOT be removed: It is used by the build/release plugins
to know which version to check for binary compatibility when the
default Maven goal runs the BC check and when the site report is
generated.

Gary

On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 12:13 PM Elliotte Rusty Harold
<elh...@ibiblio.org> wrote:
>
> pom.xml has this strange variable:
>
> <commons.bc.version>6.7.0</commons.bc.version>
>
> Is that supposed to be the commons bcel version? If so, update it to
> 6.8.0. However, it doesn't seem to be used anywhere so perhaps just
> delete the line.
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 4:33 PM Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > We have fixed a few bugs and added some enhancements since Apache
> > Commons BCEL 6.7.0 was released, so I would like to release Apache
> > Commons BCEL 6.8.0.
> >
> > Apache Commons BCEL 6.8.0 RC1 is available for review here:
> >     https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/bcel/6.8.0-RC1 (svn
> > revision 65804)
> >
> > The Git tag commons-bcel-6.8.0-RC1 commit for this RC is
> > cf6f7e710abf4eda2e0aa9aa914aa17878999583 which you can browse here:
> >     
> > https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-bcel.git;a=commit;h=cf6f7e710abf4eda2e0aa9aa914aa17878999583
> > You may checkout this tag using:
> >     git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-bcel.git
> > --branch commons-bcel-6.8.0-RC1 commons-bcel-6.8.0-RC1
> >
> > Maven artifacts are here:
> >     
> > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-1678/org/apache/bcel/bcel/6.8.0/
> >
> > These are the artifacts and their hashes:
> >
> > #Release SHA-512s
> > #Sun Dec 03 11:17:12 EST 2023
> > bcel-6.8.0-bin.tar.gz=955d66a5a34d25c90c71273467a2f876f3b3fb3437fc533f7a7583ea0390474817aefbb9a9b4190973011ad053e145c9c0bac42832f8198b562e693a25b2803f
> > bcel-6.8.0-bin.zip=04e5fe2830127add83108de8df61aab185e38a5117dddfa348533260b5d355da1fb0db56b0b5361e680308d2feea6a3b04acc99d6a93b9ad2dfdb943893cb583
> > bcel-6.8.0-bom.json=1555e608b267a74adc10938377f8eb60f1b2fa477c1834582ded805530d3cf676ac14d6f1966bdd5d9ccef4cc9f2a32ff1ce6d9b6963fc1d288f8263585b639f
> > bcel-6.8.0-bom.xml=e1bb499766046147619dd1f1443089b043ee11bf09234c19f14b15261ae54e186c51bd2f7f9f622a71dac1d6a6712bef4c504bd21e975550bef6cfe886c607ba
> > bcel-6.8.0-javadoc.jar=5fdaa3d79e57a6fcff8e3dfd9295e4681d3f7b35ae6f248b6bee292e46f0f7cff6b80a88f198c6eed6a966be1e59d272e68f3d8dd39cee0b48ce8920e4ef7495
> > bcel-6.8.0-sources.jar=a55973bc87409c525860709ff94055808cb46ce13f236f5a119e763ee4a024b9c0c3ac78c80c6e8489f6fc9c535aff8468f09a796889d5dc5c4f9dd593bb337e
> > bcel-6.8.0-src.tar.gz=fcec4920f841b9b22b7fe05190ed09a31e2edd32dbc9bc6217981af34fecab0725249bbaf0e5810e0c7ef8a347dbe07fa1dfc1a80a7b651368ad4ea852f54f6e
> > bcel-6.8.0-src.zip=4d7c00f9400b206db48823a77cb09bbb2b25074108e8980c84c701d6b73f77290cf3bed56e392d270c8e084d7c2306ac3fb9b4a4f7f1e6cb883b683f7b3d972e
> > bcel-6.8.0-test-sources.jar=8924279acde0fc8d101cc27b9e69b514b98a69793c990cadaae193da0fe5913630b99ebfd10568a3baa5e79bd4d93f8020202accf12a6a0e14ef07deb31736db
> > bcel-6.8.0-tests.jar=4d7715acb6d38d50f8a9e4cbef232190fd3d7efaf54ade772d677e129c89af69a528a1bff6dae6300058f2e1c1393acf18a554c85ac0a6f6d95f0aad4680426c
> > org.apache.bcel_bcel-6.8.0.spdx.json=dc47d97c197e3e0ce124b7f3a03e74552b6764e46195058d47daca19a597fb49469119115a58e7f3dc951cb851c031e60840e09d94632c4687332049dc305c10
> >
> > I have tested this with:
> >
> > mvn -V -Prelease -Ptest-deploy -P jacoco -P japicmp clean package site 
> > deploy
> >
> > Using:
> >
> > Apache Maven 3.9.6 (bc0240f3c744dd6b6ec2920b3cd08dcc295161ae)
> > Maven home: /usr/local/Cellar/maven/3.9.6/libexec
> > Java version: 21.0.1, vendor: Homebrew, runtime:
> > /usr/local/Cellar/openjdk/21.0.1/libexec/openjdk.jdk/Contents/Home
> > Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
> > OS name: "mac os x", version: "14.1.1", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac"
> >
> > Darwin **** 23.1.0 Darwin Kernel Version 23.1.0: Mon Oct  9 21:27:27
> > PDT 2023; root:xnu-10002.41.9~6/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
> >
> > Details of changes since 6.7.0 are in the release notes:
> >     
> > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/bcel/6.8.0-RC1/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
> >     
> > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/bcel/6.8.0-RC1/site/changes-report.html
> >
> > Site:
> >     
> > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/bcel/6.8.0-RC1/site/index.html
> >     (note some *relative* links are broken and the 6.8.0 directories
> > are not yet created - these will be OK once the site is deployed.)
> >
> > JApiCmp Report (compared to 6.7.0):
> >     
> > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/bcel/6.8.0-RC1/site/japicmp.html
> >
> >     Note that the above report notes one issue:
> >     MODIFIED (Serializable incompatible(!): field changed from
> > nontransient to transient) public class
> > org.apache.bcel.util.ClassVector
> >     Note that a java.util.List of org.apache.bcel.classfile.JavaClass
> > is not serializable in the first place because JavaClass is not
> > serializable.
> >
> > RAT Report:
> >     
> > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/bcel/6.8.0-RC1/site/rat-report.html
> >
> > KEYS:
> >   https://downloads.apache.org/commons/KEYS
> >
> > Please review the release candidate and vote.
> > This vote will close no sooner than 72 hours from now.
> >
> >   [ ] +1 Release these artifacts
> >   [ ] +0 OK, but...
> >   [ ] -0 OK, but really should fix...
> >   [ ] -1 I oppose this release because...
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Gary Gregory,
> > Release Manager (using key 86fdc7e2a11262cb)
> >
> > For following is intended as a helper and refresher for reviewers.
> >
> > Validating a release candidate
> > ==============================
> >
> > These guidelines are NOT complete.
> >
> > Requirements: Git, Java, Maven.
> >
> > You can validate a release from a release candidate (RC) tag as follows.
> >
> > 1a) Clone and checkout the RC tag
> >
> > git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-bcel.git
> > --branch commons-bcel-6.8.0-RC1 commons-bcel-6.8.0-RC1
> > cd commons-bcel-6.8.0-RC1
> >
> > 1b) Download and unpack the source archive from:
> >
> > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/bcel/6.8.0-RC1/source
> >
> > 2) Check Apache licenses
> >
> > This step is not required if the site includes a RAT report page which
> > you then must check.
> >
> > mvn apache-rat:check
> >
> > 3) Check binary compatibility
> >
> > Older components still use Apache Clirr:
> >
> > This step is not required if the site includes a Clirr report page
> > which you then must check.
> >
> > mvn clirr:check
> >
> > Newer components use JApiCmp with the japicmp Maven Profile:
> >
> > This step is not required if the site includes a JApiCmp report page
> > which you then must check.
> >
> > mvn install -DskipTests -P japicmp japicmp:cmp
> >
> > 4) Build the package
> >
> > mvn -V clean package
> >
> > You can record the Maven and Java version produced by -V in your VOTE reply.
> > To gather OS information from a command line:
> > Windows: ver
> > Linux: uname -a
> >
> > 5) Build the site for a single module project
> >
> > Note: Some plugins require the components to be installed instead of 
> > packaged.
> >
> > mvn site
> > Check the site reports in:
> > - Windows: target\site\index.html
> > - Linux: target/site/index.html
> >
> > -the end-
> >
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