We could also publish it to the Apache public repository but prevent the sync with maven central. In the announcement and on the site, add instructions on how to us it via maven (add repository settings for apache public).
btw. looking at the public repository, it contains also the latest snapshots for commons components. Is this intended? https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/public/ Thomas On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Thomas Neidhart <thomas.neidh...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, > > just to make sure we have agreement on this topic. > Reading again the thread about release alpha/beta releases I think we did > not reach consensus whether to publish alpha releases to maven central. > > It would be easier for people to try out things, but the release will stay > there forever and some people had objections against it. > > We also know for sure that the API will change, as we will at least rename > one new class introduced for 4.0 (CompliantBag -> CollectionBag). > > So the questions is: > > Shall we publish to maven central? > > Thomas >
