Hello,
Looking at the release notes:
* Deprecation of some VTL syntax constructs: the formal reference
notation |${...}| is now preferred for non-bare references (|$foo|
is still fine, but |$foo.bar| should be rewritten as |${foo.bar}|).
Deprecation warnings are off by default; the next minor release will
turn them on by default, and the next major release will remove
support for those deprecated forms.
I enabled runtime.deprecation.warn=true, to see the warnings, there are
hundreds :
2026-06-16 08:19:17,094 WARN org.apache.velocity.rendering
ASTReference:init - the informal notation '$utils.formatDate($utils.now,
$text.get("date.toStringFormat"))' is deprecated in output; use the
formal notation ${...} instead [line 634, column 21]
This is a very big change, adding ${} to 95% of our velocity statements.
Going forward > 2.5 is this change necessary or can it be ignored?
Cheers Greg
On 14/06/2026 18:06, Claude Brisson via dev wrote:
The test build of Velocity Engine 2.5 RC1 is available.
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Velocity Engine 2.5 has been made, and at this time it is simply a
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Release notes:
*
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/velocity/velocity-engine/2.5/release-notes.html
Distribution:
* https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/velocity/velocity-engine/2.5/
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*
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Documentation:
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