I think we should do something with
http://people.apache.org/~hboutemy/Maven%20Versions.png
But IMHO it is a bit confusing by mixing Maven versus Maven Plugins and
Maven versus JDK
Instead I'd like to see just a table where a user can choose its preferred
Maven version based on the Java Runtime Environment (which I consider a
constant, whereas the choice for the version of Maven is a variable)
So
Java 1.4 | Maven 2.1.0 and earlier
Java 5 | Maven 3.1.1 and earlier
Java 6 | Maven 3.2.5 and earlier
Probably this info should be on the http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi
but somewhere easier to recognize. Now it is a compact oneliner and its
focus is on the Maven version:
bq. Maven 3.2 requires JDK 1.6 or above, while Maven 3.0/3.1 requires JDK
1.5 or above (this is to execute Maven - it still allows you to build
against 1.3 and prior JDK's: see our Guide to Using Toolchains)
Robert
Op Tue, 17 Mar 2015 18:34:58 +0100 schreef Manfred Moser
<[email protected]>:
Looks all good to me. The only thing I would potentially add is a
stronger reference to the fact that Maven 2.2 is EOL and completely
unsupported and that even early 3.x releases are following the way of
the dodo so it is important to upgrade to a new Maven version if they
want to have access to new features and bug fixes.
manfred
Karl Heinz Marbaise wrote on 14.03.2015 06:09:
Hi,
would like someone to add/change/enhancements or something to this....
i would suggest to wait the usual 72 hours and if no one will say -1 i
would prepare to send out this to users list, announcement
list...twitter...google plus etc. (any supplemtal channels are
welcome)...
I would like to send this out on Thursday 19. march 2015...so we have a
little bit more time...to give others during the week time to take a
look on it as well...
> -------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Apache Maven Users,
Based on the End of Life of Maven 2.2.1 (a year ago), now the time has
come to make the final releases of Apache Maven Plugins which support
Maven 2.X: next releases will have Maven 3 as prerequisite.
We have documented the final releases of plugins which support Maven
2.2.1 and Java 5: the complete list can be found here:
http://maven.apache.org/maven-2.x-eol.html
The next step on our roadmap is to lift all plugin versions to 3.X in
general
to make clear those plugins will only work with Maven 3.0+.
Furthermore the
Java minimum requirement will be lifted to Java 6 as well.
No "rule" without exceptions. Here they come:
* maven-site-plugin: version 3.4 works with Maven 2.X
Version 3.5 will require Maven 3
* maven-compiler-plugin: version 3.2 works with Maven 2.X
Version 3.5 will require Maven 3
* maven-plugin-plugin: version 3.4 works with Maven 2.X
Version 3.5 will require Maven 3
* maven-pmd-plugin: version 3.4 works with Maven 2.X but already
requires
Java 6
Version 3.5 will require Maven 3
The following plugins already have the Maven 3.0+ requirement without
following 3.X version pattern:
* maven-scm-publish-plugin: version 1.1 requires Maven 3, last version
compatible with Maven 2.x is version 1.0-beta-2
* maven-shade-plugin: version 2.3 requires Maven 3, last version
compatible
with Maven 2.x is version 1.7.1
So to make things more clear, here is an example:
Currently, we have the maven-clean-plugin with version 2.6.1.
This plugin supports Maven 2.2.1 and Java 5 minimum.
This plugin will get a new major release with version 3.0 which has
Maven 3.0
AND Java 6 prerequisites.
Kind regards
The Apache Maven Team
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Kind regards
Karl Heinz Marbaise
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