I would say that fixing the Tycho issue comes first. Gary
On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 8:04 AM Robert Scholte <rfscho...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi, > > TLDR; introduce maven.experimental.buildconsumer and push Java > requirement > to Java 8 > > now that Maven 3.6.2 is out for a couple of weeks, it seems like we > didn't > face real regressions. > The only one might be tricky is the issue related to Tycho. > > However, I think we're ready to push Maven to the next level. > > For those actively reading this list, they should recognize the need for > splitting up the pom as it is on the local system versus the pom being > uploaded. Once we truly control this mechanism we can think of > improvements on model 5.0.0 and new fileformats. > > I've created and implemented MNG-6656[1]. It also contains a zip with an > example (original, patched, README) to understand what's happening. > > In order to make this successful, we need IDEs and CI Servers to > understand and support these changes. The likely need to implement one of > the interfaces[2]. > The new interface uses Java8 Functions (and especially SAXEventFactory is > way easier to read+maintain with Java 8). I've tried to keep Maven Java 7 > compatible, but that was too hard to do. > So I'd like to use this opportunity to move Maven forward and start > requiring Java 8. > > There are some other improvements I'd like to add (those messages will > follow), so this will imply that it will take some time before we do a > new > release. > > WDTY, > Robert > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6656 > [2] https://github.com/apache/maven/compare/MNG-6656?expand=1 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >
