Given our current man power it might be beneficial, if we decide on a EOL strategy for the 2.x release line before going into 3.x (dropped clojure, Java 21 baseline), so we have a clear way on how long we want to support the 2.x branch with releases.
Given our slow pace in getting the required votes, we might have an issue with maintaing to release lines in parallel over a longer period of time. Think we can do that for a few months but not endlessly. Might be worth a discussion thread on the dev@ list. wdyt? Am Mittwoch, dem 20.05.2026 um 16:44 +0100 schrieb Rui Abreu: > Hello @Richard Zowalla > > We can consider releasing 3.0.0 over the next week or so. > > On Sun, 10 May 2026 at 23:09, Rui Abreu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thanks for the PRs @Richard Zowalla , much appreciated. > > I have merged them and dealt with the subsequent dependabot > > avalanche. > > Apologies if you received a whole bunch of Jenkins errors. > > I was using AI + GH client to deal with the dependabot PRs in > > batches > > and it was being quite helpful, right up until the point and it > > decided to merge a few PRs whose tests were still ongoing > > > > problematic Merges > > * #8632 (Jersey 4.0.2 upgrade on 2.x) > > * #8615 (Checkstyle 13.4.2 on master) > > > > Both have been reverted and both master and 2.x are ok. > > > > I'll create a RC for 2.8.8 during the week. > > > > On Sun, 10 May 2026 at 17:01, Rui Abreu <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Ok, we can hold off on 3.0.0 for now. > > > I'll focus on making sure 2.8.8 has the necessary changeset and > > > then we can get the RC going. > > > > > > On Sun, May 10, 2026, 16:58 Richard Zowalla <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > 2.8.8 is fine for me. Guess we need to confirmed dependabot for > > > > 2.x branches too (+ license update action) > > > > > > > > 3.0.0 would need the Java 21 bump before (as discussed in the > > > > related discussion - dont know if there are other things like > > > > the Jitter RFC stuff for it) - perhaps there is something else. > > > > > > > > Gruß > > > > Richard > > > > > > > > > Am 10.05.2026 um 17:13 schrieb Rui Abreu <[email protected]>: > > > > > > > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > > > > > Just trying to understand if you are keen on performing a > > > > > release for both > > > > > versions shortly
