The upgrade to 5.3.x was easy and is much better than what was used previously.
I've now left it in the 5.0.0 release (VOTE is on the list!), but if people don't use it anymore then I'm happy to remove it in a 5.1.x. LieGrue, strub > Am 27.07.2026 um 10:56 schrieb Francois Papon <[email protected]>: > > Hi, > > Spring 5.3.x is oel and if you want to upgrade to 6.x, or 7.x as 6.x will be > eol soon, you need to move on java 17 min. > > regards, > > François > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Le 27/07/2026 à 10:43, Mark Struberg via dev a écrit : >> it compiles against spring 2.0 and pulls this in as well, but I have no idea >> why it does it. >> I've now removed the specific version so we fall back to the spring version >> defined in the parent pom. >> I also upgraded it to the latest 5.3.x which also seems a bit outdated >> already. >> >> So probably even keep it and just modernise the plugin? >> >> LieGrue, >> strub >> >> >>> Am 27.07.2026 um 10:05 schrieb Romain Manni-Bucau <[email protected]> >>> <mailto:[email protected]>: >>> Think there were some other usages but also think they are all legacy and >>> unlikely to use any new release (not even sure v3 was used) so +1 from me >>> >>> Romain Manni-Bucau >>> @rmannibucau <https://x.com/rmannibucau> | .NET Blog >>> <https://dotnetbirdie.github.io/> | Blog <https://rmannibucau.github.io/> | >>> Old Blog <http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com/> | Github >>> <https://github.com/rmannibucau> | LinkedIn >>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau> | Book >>> <https://www.packtpub.com/en-us/product/java-ee-8-high-performance-9781788473064> >>> Javaccino founder (Java/.NET service - contact via linkedin) >>> >>> >>> Le lun. 27 juil. 2026 à 09:28, Mark Struberg via dev >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> a écrit : >>>> hi! >>>> I created https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XBEAN-362 for removing the >>>> maven plugin from xbean. >>>> >>>> Please should out if one is still using it (which I doubt). >>>> Afaiu the maven-xbean-plugin exists to create spring XML definitions for >>>> spring 2. This is stone old and not a supported spring environment for >>>> more than a decade. >>>> >>>> We should imo just remove it. It is btw also named wrongly. Since around >>>> 2008 a convention exists that only Maven own plugins should be named >>>> maven-*-plugin. Other projects should use project-maven-plugin as naming >>>> scheme. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> LieGrue, >>>> >>>> strub >>>> >>>> >>>> >>
