On Wed, 28 Feb 2018, pj.fanning wrote:
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/attic-general/201802.mbox/%3C1519744891.257410.1285160920.6801732D%40webmail.messagingengine.com%3E
Looks like we're not going to make much progress on resurrecting Apache
XMLBeans.
The big problem is with Maven users:
* Anyone using Maven to depend on xmlbeans explicitly won't know to
switch to org.apache.poi:xmlbeans to get the fixes
* Maven won't know that the the old 2.6.0 release and our new fix are
the same thing, so will happy pull both in
The smaller problem is by-hand-dependency users - the number of people on
stackoverflow or the mailing list who try combining old and new POI jars +
get stuck is rather high - so the chances of those people getting it right
is near zero
As long as all existing XMLBeans unit tests pass, it should be safe
(+sensible) for existing xmlbeans users to upgrade to our fixed version.
Could someone help work up a good explanation of the jar-hell + maven
issues, so we can go back to the attic with a reason why we should be
allowed to do it? (My reading of the attic wasn't a flat-out no, just a
"no unless you have a good reason otherwise")
Nick
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