On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 8:16 AM, Stephen Connolly <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thursday, February 26, 2015, Anders Hammar <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > >
> > > One thing we could do to make stuff easier around these .bat scripts is
> > to
> > > drop support for this 4NT shell and Windows versions that are not based
> > on
> > > NT (i.e. Windows 9x / ME).
> >
> >
> > Well, as Maven 3.2+ requires a minimum of JDK 1.6 there is no reason to
> > support anything that JDK 1.6 doesn't run on.
>
>
> If we are calling this 3.3.0 we can just say we have dropped win 9x/Me
> support and the 4NT alternative command interpreter


Yes. We should probably clearly state what we support in the System
Requirements (both on-line and in distro).
And a JIRA ticket to go with this is good for the release notes.

/Anders



>
>
> >
> > I can't find any info about Oracle JDK 1.6, but Oracle JDK 1.7 requires a
> > minimum of Windows Vista [1].
> >
> > I couldn't find any info on openJDK's requirements.
> >
> > IBM J9 JDK 6 seems to require a minimum of Windows XP SP3 [2].
> >
> > [1] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/config-417990.html
> > [2]
> >
> >
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/#!/SSYKE2_6.0.0/com.ibm.java.doc.60_26/vm626/GenericWrapper/hardwareandsoftwarerequirements.html
> >
> > /Anders
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 2015-02-25 19:38 GMT+01:00 Jason van Zyl <[email protected]
> <javascript:;>
> > >:
> > >
> > > > Awesome, thanks!
> > > >
> > > > On Feb 25, 2015, at 10:32 AM, Andreas Gudian <
> [email protected]
> > <javascript:;>>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi guys,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm stuck with a windows box and I can give it a try...
> > > > >
> > > > > .bat-scripting is not really a joy, but what's in the patch should
> be
> > > > > translatable.
> > > > >
> > > > > Andreas
> > > > >
> > > > > 2015-02-25 17:01 GMT+01:00 Igor Fedorenko <[email protected]
> > <javascript:;>>:
> > > > >
> > > > >> You can see actual diff to mvn shell script in [1], but the
> changes
> > > was
> > > > >> basically two-fold. First, find nearest parent directory that
> > contains
> > > > >> .mvn/ subdirectory. This parent is considered "true" multi-module
> > > > >> project root (MNG-1958). Second, if .mvn/java.config file is
> present
> > > > >> immediately under the true multimodule project root, use its
> content
> > > as
> > > > >> java invocation parameters, i.e. similar to $MAVEN_OPTS
> environment
> > > > >> variable.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I don't know enough about Windows scripting to make similar change
> > to
> > > > >> mvn.bat and mvnDebug.bat batch files.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> [1]
> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=maven.git;a=commit;h=
> > > > >> 8ed9a1caa8890773b45c6c408a4e40acf4f4b0fd
> > > > >>
> > > > >> --
> > > > >> Regards,
> > > > >> Igor
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On 2015-02-25 9:56, Robert Patrick wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> What exactly is the problem that Igor ran into that limits his
> > > solution
> > > > >>> to Unix-only?  Knowing this would help people determine what the
> > > level
> > > > of
> > > > >>> effort needed to solve the problem.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> --
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> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> -----Original Message-----
> > > > >>> From: Jason van Zyl [mailto:[email protected] <javascript:;>]
> > > > >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 7:40 AM
> > > > >>> To: Maven Developers List
> > > > >>> Subject: Re: Maven 3.2.6
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> On Feb 24, 2015, at 11:31 PM, Arnaud Héritier <
> [email protected]
> > <javascript:;>>
> > > > >>> wrote:
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> I had a quick look at the changeling and I'm +1 for a 3.3.0 with
> > > > >>>> improvements like the toolchain integration and few others I'm
> far
> > > > >>>> from the project and won't veto anything as I have no time for
> it
> > > but
> > > > >>>> I don't understand why http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5767
> > was
> > > > >>>> integrated without a windows support ? For me it is everything
> or
> > > > >>>> nothing.
> > > > >>>> Noone could help Igor on this ?
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> It would be great if someone would help, but it is still a step
> > > > forward.
> > > > >>> For projects that require this and document specific requirements
> > it
> > > > will
> > > > >>> just work for non-Windows users. Say the project needs 8gb to run
> > > > >>> correctly: in most cases no one reads the documentation they run
> > the
> > > > build
> > > > >>> and it fails. Then they go read something and figure it out and
> it
> > > > works.
> > > > >>> We've at least made it work for some people. If there isn't a
> > single
> > > > Maven
> > > > >>> committer who uses Windows who can add the same capabilities or
> we
> > > > can't
> > > > >>> find a contributor I don't think it should stop the feature for
> > going
> > > > in
> > > > >>> for the people it can benefit.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Igor and I don't use Windows regularly, don't know Windows, don't
> > > want
> > > > to
> > > > >>> know Windows and none of our customers use Windows.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> It's overall a net improvement. For me it's a about gradual
> > > > improvement.
> > > > >>> But I've asked on Twitter if there are any Windows users that can
> > > help.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Many months/years ago the integration of colors in logs output
> was
> > > > >>>> rejected in a part because we wasn't confident in the windows
> > > support
> > > > ...
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> I don't think that was the issue. The issue was us not being able
> > the
> > > > >>> decide on an underlying logging framework. I've seen JANSI
> working
> > > > fine on
> > > > >>> Windows for years.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>> My 2 cents.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 1:29 AM, Mark Derricutt <
> [email protected]
> > <javascript:;>>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> On 25 Feb 2015, at 4:06, Karl Heinz Marbaise wrote:
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> based on the list of changes i would suggest to make a 3.3.0
> > > instead
> > > > >>>>>> of
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>> 3.2.6....to make clear something is introduced....
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> +1 on 3.3.0 here. Bring on the changes!
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> Mark
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> --
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> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> --
> > > > >>>> -----
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> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Thanks,
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Jason
> > > > >>>
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