Whenever I have to explain to colleagues that Maven "burns" version numbers when a release candidate fails or some other obtuse reason, they are just as baffled as I am. In the end it does not matter it's just bizarre.
Gary On Tue, Mar 23, 2021, 20:58 Olivier Lamy <ol...@apache.org> wrote: > +0 > Same reason as Ralph, the versioning seems weird to me. > I don't understand the reasoning of version number. Our version number > doesn't have to be managed by some tweet or google links. > > > On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 at 09:17, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> > wrote: > > > If I were a user and expected the feature to be in 3.7.0 then I would > > certainly also expect it in 3.8.0. The only ways to avoid this are a) > stay > > on 3.6.x.x until the feature is available, b) specifically say the > promised > > features aren’t available yet. > > > > That said I’m +0 on the version numbering. > > > > Ralph > > > > > On Mar 22, 2021, at 3:09 PM, Robert Scholte <rfscho...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > There were enough tweets and conference talks were I demonstrated the > > idea behind build/consumer. > > > Of course the audience wanted to hear a version, so the best possible > > answer was "most likely 3.7.0" > > > First Google hit: Maven 3.7 to Include Default Wrapper - InfoQ[1] and > > you can find much more. > > > Several PMC members discussed about what would be the proper value, the > > result was in the end 3.8.0. > > > Most important: it is beyond 3.6.3 and before 4. > > > > > > Robert > > > > > > [1] https://www.infoq.com/news/2020/04/maven-wrapper/ > > > > > > On 22-3-2021 21:14:10, Elliotte Rusty Harold <elh...@ibiblio.org> > wrote: > > > I'm a weak -1 on this, solely because I don't find the reasoning for > > > not calling this 3.7.0 to be compelling. "Apache Maven 3.7.0 would be > > > the first release where you could optionally activate the > > > build/consumer feature. This version of this release has been renamed > > > to 4.0.0. Reusing 3.7.0 might lead to confusion, hence we picked the > > > next available minor version." > > > > > > Are we sure? I certainly didn't expect 3.7.0 to be the first release > > > where you could optionally activate the build/consumer feature. I > > > can't say I expected anything in particular for 3.7.0. Did Maven ever > > > promise there would be a 3.7.0 with this feature? > > > > > > If it were renamed 3.7.0 I'd be at +1. > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 7:40 PM Robert Scholte wrote: > > >> > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> For the details about this release, please read > > https://maven.apache.org/docs/3.8.0/release-notes.html > > >> Also please provide feedback on the release notes. (as you know, these > > are published separately from the release, so it doesn't have to block > the > > release itself) > > >> > > >> We solved 5 issues: > > >> > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12316922&version=12350003&styleName=Text > > >> > > >> There are still a couple of issues left in JIRA: > > >> > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%2012316922%20AND%20resolution%20%3D%20Unresolved%20ORDER%20BY%20key%20DESC%2C%20priority%20DESC > > >> > > >> Staging repo: > > >> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/maven-1633/ > > >> > > >> > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/maven/maven-3/3.8.0/binaries/apache-maven-3.8.0-bin.zip > > >> > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/maven/maven-3/3.8.0/source/apache-maven-3.8.0-src.zip > > >> > > >> > > >> Source release checksum(s): > > >> apache-maven-3.8.0-bin.zip sha512: > > > b56da9a0efa45e084e4882b795787fc7b61970d19835635b2db099b91a9854f14e3776a01d569e3f7af9db946a05af91abbfad41cdc5ac09e90df25077dec01e > > >> apache-maven-3.8.0-src.zip sha512: > > > 51a1570894e8fb1ef52cb19ce472866745ccae2720e45304edd3cabc212cdf105937c76502558fe87995aea81c41402d7f581cc8e9393af234b64696e9a45893 > > >> > > >> > > >> Staging site: > > >> https://maven.apache.org/ref/3-LATEST/ > > >> > > >> Guide to testing staged releases: > > >> > https://maven.apache.org/guides/development/guide-testing-releases.html > > >> > > >> Vote open for at least 72 hours. > > >> > > >> [ ] +1 > > >> [ ] +0 > > >> [ ] -1 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Elliotte Rusty Harold > > > elh...@ibiblio.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > > > -- > Olivier Lamy > http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy >
