What I meant was to release maven 3.0, the dev needs to iron up most of to backward compatibility blocking bugs. ( no work around )
The bug I mentioned sound like a feature that is accidentally take out of maven core which supports flat repository structure. -Dan On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 6:28 AM, Jason van Zyl <ja...@sonatype.com> wrote: > I write up a blog entry with the schedule and goals. > > i'll mention the construction if ITs and point to some examples. > > On Sep 3, 2010, at 9:10 AM, Brian Fox wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Jason van Zyl <ja...@sonatype.com> wrote: >>> I think trying to release 3.0 sooner, and then sticking to 6 week release >>> cycles would be a better use of time. We're going to fix anything that >>> arises but I don't believe there will be widespread testing until 3.0 is >>> released, and I don't believe many will pick up 3.x in large-scale >>> production environments until 3.1. I think the faster we get 3.0 out the >>> better. >>> >>> Shoot for October 1st, and then have the 3.0.1 release with fixes for the >>> first wave of issues raised in mid-November. >>> >> >> Fine with me. Then lets announce that intention to the user list now >> and get the page updated to make it easy for people to find the betas. >> >> >>> On Sep 2, 2010, at 7:34 PM, Brian Fox wrote: >>> >>>> Now that Maven 3 beta 3 is out with Guice and Aether, we can pretty >>>> safely call it feature complete. I'd like to propose a few goals to >>>> get some things done. We have ApacheCon coming up the first week of >>>> November, and it would be great to set that as a target to get Maven >>>> 3.0 out the door. >>>> >>>> So far the feedback on the betas has been good but fairly limited. I >>>> think that without a clear plan, and our history with this mammoth >>>> release, people are probably reluctant to spend a lot of time testing >>>> each beta. In the past we've been successful pushing out release >>>> candidate builds and involving the user list. If we start that >>>> soonish, there should be plenty of time to uncover and fix >>>> regressions, especially if everyone pitches in. There's even time to >>>> cut another beta before we launch into the RCs if it's needed. >>>> >>>> So first of all, Benjamin, Herve, Kristian you've collectively done >>>> the majority of the work in M3 recently. Do you think the above is >>>> achievable and desirable? What does everyone else think? >>>> >>>> Secondly, For me personally, I'm going to commit to get the Maven >>>> Index code committed and to push updated releases of the dependency >>>> and enforcer plugins before ApacheCon. Anyone else want to ante up for >>>> some chunk of work and get things rolling? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Brian >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org >>>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Jason >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------- >>> Jason van Zyl >>> Founder, Apache Maven >>> http://twitter.com/jvanzyl >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. >>> No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. >>> They know it is going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically >>> dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kind of >>> dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or >>> goals are in doubt. >>> >>> -- Robert Pirzig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org >> > > Thanks, > > Jason > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Jason van Zyl > Founder, Apache Maven > http://twitter.com/jvanzyl > --------------------------------------------------------- > > We all have problems. How we deal with them is a measure of our worth. > > -- Unknown > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
