yes, i know you did that in the branch to test upgrade for a release with Checkstyle 6.2 as default version
I did it in trunk, even without changing Checkstyle version: even if maven- checkstyle-plugin ships with an older Checkstyle version as default dependency, end-users can now upgrade the dependency when using the plugin Regards, Hervé Le samedi 17 janvier 2015 09:17:08 Henning Schmiedehausen a écrit : > I already did that. See https://github.com/apache/maven-plugins/pull/42 > > -h > > On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Hervé BOUTEMY <herve.bout...@free.fr> wrote: > > Le mercredi 14 janvier 2015 11:08:40 Henning Schmiedehausen a écrit : > >> The 6.2 checkstyle requires java 7 and it also removes (!) at least > >> one of the checks (RedundantThrows) which is used in all shipped > >> checkstyle sets and one of the integration tests. So you can no longer > >> use any of the builtin styles but have to use a custom style which has > >> the RedundantThrows check removed. > > > > the RedundantThrows check causes a lot of false positives: it is maked as > > "ingore" in Maven parent pom > > I'll remove it from default configs for next release: see MCHECKSTYLE-276 > > > >> Having code that can dynamically discover whether a given check exists > >> or not and change the configuration accordingly is something that > >> probably would need to be done inside checkstyle proper, not the > >> plugin driving it. > >> > >> I have a pull request prepared (not pushed yet) which would upgrade > >> checkstyle and the build to java 7 for a possible 2.16 release. One of > >> the problems here is that at least one integration test will not pass > >> until the patch was applied to trunk (because it remote-loads the rule > >> set from the svn repo which in turn currently still has the bad rule). > >> > >> It is all a mess and prolonging it to accomodate the one hold-out on > >> Java 5 (which is EOLed for > 5 years now) and the few that insist on > >> using Java 6 (which is EOLed for ~ 2 years) makes no sense to me. We > >> should lead, not lag behind. > >> > >> -h > >> > >> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 11:09 PM, Hervé BOUTEMY <herve.bout...@free.fr> > > > > wrote: > >> > question: is upgrading only a question of changing dependency version? > >> > or > >> > does it require code change? > >> > and if it requires code change, can we do it with reasonable reflection > >> > or > >> > is it really too much change? > >> > > >> > because if we can let the end user upgrade his config (and better > >> > document), we would get the best of every choice > >> > > >> > Regards, > >> > > >> > Hervé > >> > > >> > Le mardi 13 janvier 2015 19:52:35 Henning Schmiedehausen a écrit : > >> >> I would pretty much abandon anything pre-Java 6 at this point and > >> >> start moving towards Java 7 soon. The checkstyle plugin right now has > >> >> three open releases with only the third being really useful ("upgrade > >> >> to latest checkstyle") and given the previous release cadence it makes > >> >> me fear that this release will not show before Mid-2015. > >> >> > >> >> -h > >> >> > >> >> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 4:29 AM, Dennis Lundberg <denn...@apache.org> > > > > wrote: > >> >> > I've started going through the open issues and have found a problem > >> >> > that I need som help with. It turns out that Checkstyle 5.9 uses > >> >> > Java > >> >> > 6 classes, even though it is not mentioned in the release notes. How > >> >> > do we want to handle this? I see two possible options: > >> >> > > >> >> > 1. Make version 2.14 of the plugin require Java 6, and update it to > >> >> > use the latest available version of Checkstyle that runs on Java 6. > >> >> > > >> >> > 2. Revert the plugin back to Checkstyle 5.8 and release 2.14 of the > >> >> > plugin with a Java 5 requirement. After that release 2.15 of the > >> >> > plugin fairly straight away with a Java 6 requirement, and using the > >> >> > latest available version of Checkstyle that runs on Java 6. It > >> >> > should > >> >> > be noted that Checkstyle 5.8 does NOT work on Java 8 source code. > >> >> > > >> >> > Perhaps there are other alternatives? What do you think? > >> >> > > >> >> > On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Dennis Lundberg <denn...@apache.org> > >> > > >> > wrote: > >> >> >> Hi, > >> >> >> > >> >> >> I'd like to release version 2.14 of Maven Checkstyle Plugin. The > >> >> >> main > >> >> >> motive for 2.14 is the ability to check Java 8 source code. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> According to the road map there are 5 unresolved issues scheduled > >> >> >> for > >> >> >> 2.14. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHECKSTYLE#selectedTab=com.atlass > >> >> >> ian > >> >> >> .ji > >> >> >> ra.plugin.system.project%3Aroadmap-panel > >> >> >> > >> >> >> If anyone is interested in fixing one or more of these for 2.14 now > >> >> >> would be a good time to do it. Just reply here with an estimated > >> >> >> time > >> >> >> frame. If noone has the time for this now, I'll reschedule those > >> >> >> issues for 2.15, which will require Java 6. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> -- > >> >> >> Dennis Lundberg > >> >> > > >> >> > -- > >> >> > Dennis Lundberg > >> >> > > >> >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> > - > >> >> > 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 > >> > > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org