+1 On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 2:32 PM Bernd Prager <be...@prager.ws> wrote:
> +1 > > On 9/5/62 01:25, Robert Scholte wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The Apache Maven project consist of about 100 (sub)projects. Due to the > small number of volunteers and the huge amount of code to maintain we're > missing enough space to make real progress on all these projects, including > our ambitious ideas for the next major version(s) of Maven itself. > > To be able to gain more focus we need to criticize the current > subprojects and decide if it is worth maintaining. > > > > The Maven Artifact Resolution API (maven-artifact-resolver) is a shared > component that could be used to easily resolve Maven project dependencies. > The last (and only) released version is 1.0 in September 2009.( > https://maven.apache.org/shared/maven-artifact-resolver/ [ > https://maven.apache.org/shared/maven-artifact-resolver/] ). > > This library should not be confused with Artifact Resolver > (maven-resolver), previously known as Aether. As you can see the naming > will cause confusion. > > The library that aims the same goal for Artifact Resolver is another > shared component called maven-artifact-transfer (which by now is not just > the transfer part or Artifact Resolver, but a bridge for both Sonatype > Aether as used in Maven 3.0.x and Eclipse Aether as used in Maven 3.1.x+. > This way Maven plugins and extensions can be compatible with any Maven 3 > release) > > > > I therefore propose that we retire the maven-artifact-resolver. > > > > I don't think it makes sense to do a final release. Instead we should > update the documentation and the freeze the codebase. > > > > The process for retiring a plugin is described here: > > https://maven.apache.org/developers/retirement-plan-plugins.html [ > https://maven.apache.org/developers/retirement-plan-plugins.html] > > > > The vote is open for 72 hours. > > > > [ ] +1 Yes, it's about time > > [ ] -1 No, because... > -- > Bernd Prager > > Mobile: +66.91.770.5758 > Skype: bernd.pra...@outlook.com > PGP Public > Key: https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBDA6C225628DB3CD > PGP Fingerprint: 0AA3 952C F211 E98A CD18 9E55 BDA6 C225 628D B3CD > > > > -- Guang <http://javadevnotes.com/fibonacci-java>