I can do the maven-dependency-plugin release. I have a few mojos that need some more tests and then I need to update the site and it's ready.
-----Original Message----- From: Jason van Zyl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 10:39 PM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Time to release the Release plugin? On 26 Oct 06, at 5:15 PM 26 Oct 06, Daniel Kulp wrote: > On Thursday October 26 2006 11:26 am, Matthew Beermann wrote: >> Are there any plans to release a new version of the Release plugin >> any time soon? It's been since last May (!)... >> >> The particular feature we're most interested in is for it to insert >> explict versions of the build plugins while creating the release POM. >> This is a necessary prerequisite to having truly repeatable builds. >> There are comments in the code to the effect that this feature is >> planned, but I can't seem to find the JIRA issue that tracks it... >> >> --Matthew Beermann > > While we're on the subject, what about some of the other plugins that > haven't seen action in a while or have other major issues: > Ok, I spent a little time rounding up some people to take on releases and we have the following: maven-dependency-plugin: John Tolentino maven-surefire-plugin: Kenney maven-pmd-plugin: Joakim maven-checkstyle-plugin: Joakim maven-release-plugin: Jason And seeing as I found people for those you are going to do the maven- assembly-plugin :-) We'll all start working next week and release them as soon as we can. Jason. > 1) maven-dependency-plugin - this one actually has docs on > maven.apache.org > (http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/). > However, it > doesn't actually exist. It's NEVER been released. The only > released > version available is the older "mojo" versions that don't have all the > new goals documented at apache.org. Anyway, having a plugin > listed at > apache.org that doesn't actually exist is probably not a good thing. > > 2) surefire - the 2.2 version is pretty much un-usable in a reactor > build with reporting turned on as all the tests are "cumulative" and > you get > results from previous modules in the current module. We've had to > force the usage of 2.1.3. Also, JUnit 4 would be nice. :-) > (one > project I'm involved in has almost abandoned the ant -> maven > transition due to lack of JUnit 4 support) > > 3) PMD - pmd 3.8 was released a few weeks ago. Updating the > plugin just > to use 3.8 would be nice as it fixes several problems with JDK 1.5 > code. > (Requires 3.8 being added to central) > > 4) Assembly - hasn't been released since May. The SNAPSHOTS have some > fixes that were required by tuscany. Not sure the details. However, > they cannot use the release plugin due to the snapshot dependency. > (not > that they could use the release plugin anyway due to previously > documented issues with the release plugin and the apache processes) > > I'm sure other people have more plugins they'd like to see > released. I > know a bunch of the maven folks are hard at work on things like > Archiva, Maven 2.1, rsync improvements, etc... However, IMO, the > current plugins aren't receiving the love and attention they need and > the community is suffering for it. > > Maybe I should find some time to help out.... :-( > > -- > J. Daniel Kulp > Principal Engineer > IONA > P: 781-902-8727 C: 508-380-7194 F:781-902-8001 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
