Le mardi 26 mai 2020, 00:05:39 CEST Robert Scholte a écrit : > I missed the proposal for the version. I saw 3.2.5 and that can't be > correct, hence I tried to explain what the correct version should be. So > correct minimum version will be one of: 3.0, 3.1.0, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.5.0 > This is the version we should compile with, our integration tests use the > latest bugfix for all. > > Just like the discussions around what the minimum Java version should be, > the same counts for the minimum Maven version. > > What is the benefit for version X? (Keep in mind, that every individual > plugin may choose a different minimum in case a specific change/feature is > required) 3.1.0 is very clear to me: switch to eclipse aether (package > change) and JSR330 support for plugins. All others contain (close to) no > changes to the API, so there's no real gain. > > By using higher versions of Maven you might force people to upgrade Maven or > stick to old plugins in case they can't upgrade. I don't think it should be > our plugins to enforce a higher version of Maven. Hence I don't see any > reason to require 3.5.0 or 3.6.0. > > I think it is pretty impressive that we can say that our plugins still > support a wide range of Maven versions. > > So my vote will be 3.1.0 ok for me
Regards, Hervé > > Robert > > On 25-5-2020 22:53:47, Olivier Lamy <ol...@apache.org> wrote: > @All > Can we update the compatibility plan document saying we support from 3.5.4 > and 3.6.3. > plugins will use API from 3.5.4 and can use java8 from now (June 2020) . > As 3.7.0 is on his way (soon) supporting 3 series seems enough. (with 3.7.0 > using java8) > @Robert > As you didn't answer, I wonder if you still have strong opinions? > > On Sun, 24 May 2020 at 18:46, Michael Osipov wrote: > > Am 2020-05-24 um 10:41 schrieb Olivier Lamy: > > > On Sat, 23 May 2020 at 21:33, Robert Scholte > > > > wrote: > > >> As discussed before: compatibility should either be 3.3.1 (since 3.3.0 > > >> didn't make it) or 3.5.0, we should not include the (highest) bugfix > > >> version. > > > > > > Great this means we can can rid of this hackhish refection stuff for > > > aether... > > > > > > you mean we should support 3.3.1 3.3.3 and 3.3.9? > > > by support I mean fixing security issues. > > > so in this case what happen in case of a security issue for 3.3.1 do we > > > have a to release 3.3.1.1 3.3.3.1 3.3.9.1 > > > Not sure I understand what we mean with support? > > > anyway if we say all plugins must be at least 3.3.1 it's good progress > > > > I think we have discussed this before as I have raised this at least > > once this one. The upshot is that we try to support (in terms of API and > > ABI) in Plugins and Components a huge variety of Maven versions, but > > only the last stable minor branch of Maven receives fixes. > > -- > Olivier Lamy > http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
