Re: Re: [DISCUSS] Maven 3.7.0

2019-10-29 Thread Romain Manni-Bucau
Sdkman is also a good option (and avoids binaries in sources) That said, cant plugin check out they work? It does not sound hard to check java version/parameters/... and validate that when creating a mojo, isnt it? Le mar. 29 oct. 2019 à 19:46, Robert Scholte a écrit : > One of the

Re: Re: [DISCUSS] Maven 3.7.0

2019-10-29 Thread Robert Scholte
One of the fundamental features of Maven is Convention Over Configuration, in other words: define defaults where possible, but make it possible to change these values. However, "default" can be explained differently, either as constant (forever) or as a predefined value within a certain

Re: Re: [DISCUSS] Maven 3.7.0

2019-10-29 Thread Romain Manni-Bucau
Le mar. 29 oct. 2019 à 14:24, Enrico Olivelli a écrit : > Il giorno mar 29 ott 2019 alle ore 14:22 Stephen Connolly < > stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > > > Because maintaining Java 7 is a barrier to new contributors. It is tricky > > enough to get Java 8 set up for some

Re: Re: [DISCUSS] Maven 3.7.0

2019-10-29 Thread Enrico Olivelli
Il giorno mar 29 ott 2019 alle ore 14:22 Stephen Connolly < stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Because maintaining Java 7 is a barrier to new contributors. It is tricky > enough to get Java 8 set up for some developers. Every version we support > adds complexity for contributors.

Re: Re: Re: [DISCUSS] Maven 3.7.0

2019-10-29 Thread Michael Osipov
019 um 14:21 Uhr > Von: "Stephen Connolly" > An: "Maven Developers List" > Betreff: Re: Re: [DISCUSS] Maven 3.7.0 > > Because maintaining Java 7 is a barrier to new contributors. It is tricky > enough to get Java 8 set up for some developers. Every version we s

Re: Re: [DISCUSS] Maven 3.7.0

2019-10-29 Thread Stephen Connolly
Because maintaining Java 7 is a barrier to new contributors. It is tricky enough to get Java 8 set up for some developers. Every version we support adds complexity for contributors. Personally, I think we should be thinking about dropping even Java 8 if we wait until next year and just follow the

Re: Re: [DISCUSS] Maven 3.7.0

2019-10-29 Thread Michael Osipov
Why not have 3.7.0 plugin updates and other non-technical stuff, have it parallely maintained for some time and move with Maven 3.8.0 to Java 8 next year?! Does that sound like a plan? I'd be happy with that. I'd also expect an announcement on dev@, announce@ and users@. Michael > Gesendet: