Hi Brian, seems you've hit https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SUREFIRE-1439 (NullPointerException on JDK10) which is fixed on the 2.21.0 version of the surefire plugin. JSPWiki itself should compile and run ok at least with JDK 6 to 8, haven't tried with 9, and as you have seen doesn't run tests with 10.. I'll bump the surefire version as soon as the vote moves on, unless anyone beats me to it.
HTH, juan pablo ps: if your plugin is oss, drop us a line so it gets included on https://jspwiki-wiki.apache.org/Wiki.jsp?page=ContributedPlugins :-) On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 9:18 AM, Brian Burch <br...@pingtoo.com> wrote: > On 21/05/18 05:11, Juan Pablo Santos Rodríguez wrote: > >> This is a release vote for Apache JSPWiki, version 2.10.4. The vote will >> be >> open for at least 72 hours from now. >> >> It fixes the following issues: >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?proje >> ctId=12310732&version=12342771 >> >> Note that we are voting upon the source (tag), binaries are provided for >> convenience. >> >> Everybody is encouraged to vote. >> > > I have been intending to upgrade my jspwiki installation for a long time, > but I know this will require a lot of work to upgrade my own jspwiki > plugin. I keep putting it off, but decided a "quick build and test" of the > 2.10.4-RC3 would be helpful for me, and a contribution to the project. > > It hasn't worked out and my first reaction was to forget it and say > nothing to the develpers. However, I decided it might be helpful to others > if I mention what happened. It is probably just down to me being in a hurry > and away from home and my normal development environment, but I am > surprised I failed so spectacularly. > > Firstly, I simply downloaded the source zip using the url below: a simple > "mvn clean test" in the jspwiki-builder-2.10.4 directory failed very > quickly. I didn't spend long on the failure and I don't think it would be > productive for you to go through the trace, so here is just the first line > for anyone interested: > > [ERROR] Failed to execute goal > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.20.1:test > (default-test) on project jspwiki-war: Execution default-test of goal > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.20.1:test failed.: > NullPointerException -> [Help 1] > > I quickly moved on to checkout the source from git and build it myself. I > went to the JSPWIKI wiki "Building from source code" page, but discovered > it doesn't say how to clone a tag. I used:- > > git clone --branch 2.10.4-RC3 https://github.com/apache/jspwiki.git > jspwiki > > That worked, and my "mvn clean test" failed yet again! In the middle of > the stack trace were these two lines: > > Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException > at org.apache.maven.surefire.shade.org.apache.commons.lang3. > SystemUtils.isJavaVersionAtLeast (SystemUtils.java:1626) > > A quick check of pom.xml showed the property <jdk.version>1.6</jdk.version> > > and this was confirmed by the "Getting Started" wiki page Requirements > section: JDK 1.6 or higher (1.7 if using Markdown Support). > > My long-serving laptop died completely a few months ago. I can't remember > when I last built jspwiki on it, but the version was 2.10.0. I am slowly > recreating a development environment from backup and an upgrade to ubuntu > 18.04. > > I vaguely remember a dev list discussion about java versions, but don't > recall whether that was the jspwiki or apacheds project! I googled for > anything relevant, but just found the references I knew about already. > > At the moment, my default jdk is:- > ii openjdk-11-jdk:amd64 10.0.1+10-3ubuntu1 > amd64 OpenJDK Development Kit (JDK) > > and "javac --version" reports: javac 10.0.1. > > I found a few clues that I last used java 8 on the dead laptop. > > Is that my problem? Am I trying to build and test on a version of java > which is too new? If yes, what is the latest version that ought to be > referenced in the README, wiki, etc? > > I wondered.. Isn't there a more graceful way to constrain the compiler and > remembered having to so for my own projects a long time ago (java 1, 1.1, > 1.3.. does anyone remember those days?) > > More googling found a very interesting item: > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38882080/specifying-java > -version-in-maven-differences-between-properties-and-compiler-p/38883073 > > In particular, the "old way" is best, using the maven-compiler-plugin > <source> and <target> properties, or even the global properties > <maven.compiler.source> (or target). > > I don't fully understand the comment that the pom.xml property > <java.version> (as used by jspwiki and specified as 1.6) "is not mentioned > in the Maven documentation and is a Spring Boot specificity". > > JDKs 9 and 10 ought to be happy working with 1.6 source and targets, so am > I looking at the problem from the wrong angle? > > Sorry if I am just blowing smoke over the new release. I /was/ trying to > be helpful! > > Regards, > > Brian > > > Source and binary files: >> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/jspwiki/2.10.4-rc3 >> >> Nexus staging repo: >> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachejspwiki-1005 >> >> The tag to be voted upon: >> https://github.com/apache/jspwiki/tree/2.10.4-RC3 >> >> JSPWiki's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: >> https://www.apache.org/dist/jspwiki/KEYS >> >> *** Please download, test and vote: >> >> [ ] +1 Approve the release >> [ ] 0 Don't mind >> [ ] -1 Disapprove the release (please provide specific comments) >> >> >
