As more of a wider question, why would this not be specified in the Parent POM if it were adopted as an “approved” dependency?
Later, Andy From: Matthias Bünger <mbuen...@apache.org> Date: Monday, 21 July 2025 at 18:40 To: dev@maven.apache.org <dev@maven.apache.org> Subject: Re: The use of AssertJ assertions Hi all, while I really like the AssertJ assertions, e.g. for readibility and expandability (custom assertions), I'm slighty against using it in a big project like Maven (thinking of core, plugins, components) cause of the time it takes to keep the dependncy up to date - we have about 100 repositories! AssertJ is, like JUnit, a dependency which gets updates quite often. Appliying them (even with the help of dependabot) take a lot of time. Since I'm a commiter, a lot of time of the time I spent for Maven, I spent on doing dependency updates. So see this as a -0 (nb). Matthias Am 21.07.2025 um 06:50 schrieb Giovanni van der Schelde: > Hi all, > > In a recent PR review, the use of AssertJ assertions was raised as a point > of discussion. > To avoid recurring debates and ensure the PR is reviewed for the changes > it provides, I’d like to propose that we clarify the goal regarding this, > and perhaps other, dependencies. > > Specifically, should we: > > - Remove the AssertJ dependency entirely to prevent its use? > - State that we support the dependency and accept its use in our tests? > > Having a clear stance on this would help streamline code reviews and avoid > repeated discussions on future PRs. > > Perhaps there are already some guidelines on this which I'm unaware of, so > I'm looking forward to your input. > > Regards, > > Giovanni van der Schelde > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th’ ann an Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann, clàraichte an Alba, àireamh clàraidh SC005336.
