Howdy, +1 for release alpha -1 (not vote but opinion) for snapshots in builds -- but I could live with it
T On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 9:57 AM Maarten Mulders <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > > TL;DR: +1 for releasing an "4.0.0-alpha-1". > > > I think that an "alpha-1" could also be of value for end users. They > might want to experiment with new features, see if they work on their > project. > > Nowadays, I mostly hear people being reluctant to download a SNAPSHOT > from a Jenkins machine. Offering an "alpha-1" - of course, with all the > smallprint saying it may ruin your coffee and what not - will give them > something to test. And if they test, they can report bugs, so we can > stabilise Maven further. > > We know, they know, it's not stable, things may break - but it's better > than postponing Maven 4 and only saying "we will release it when it's > ready". Because if nobody tests it in the wild, how do we know it's ready? > > > Cheers, > > Maarten > > On 11/10/2022 20:13, Romain Manni-Bucau wrote: > > Hi Guillaume, > > > > Nothing against (even the opposite) but do we have a clear status of what > > makes it an alpha? > > A kind of roadmap to final? > > The rational behind this question is that without it, it will likely look > > like a SNAPSHOT and will not be tested much but if it is considered alpha > > cause not well tested but "final" in the spirit it will get more traction > > IMHO. > > > > Romain Manni-Bucau > > @rmannibucau <https://twitter.com/rmannibucau> | Blog > > <https://rmannibucau.metawerx.net/> | Old Blog > > <http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com> | Github < > https://github.com/rmannibucau> | > > LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau> | Book > > < > https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/java-ee-8-high-performance > > > > > > > > Le mar. 11 oct. 2022 à 18:19, Guillaume Nodet <[email protected]> a > écrit : > > > >> I've splitted #819, extracted https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/820 > >> from > >> it and merged that part, so that's fine with me for a first alpha. > >> > >> Le lun. 10 oct. 2022 à 22:32, Guillaume Nodet <[email protected]> a > écrit > >> : > >> > >>> The master branch contains a lot of things and has not been released > for > >> a > >>> long time. With the new addition of the v4 api, I think it would be > good > >> to > >>> get something out of the door to gather some feedback from users and > also > >>> allow migrating some components and plugins to the new API. > >>> > >>> So unless there's an objection, I'd like to start a release process > later > >>> this week after [1] and [2] are merged. > >>> > >>> Thoughts ? > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Guillaume Nodet > >>> > >>> [1] https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/806 > >>> [2] https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/819 > >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> ------------------------ > >> Guillaume Nodet > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
