If you are a user who tried one of the 3.4.0-SNAPSHOT builds... and then you see *no* 3.4.x at all but instead a 3.5.0
Or you see a 3.4.0 Which is more likely to make you go and read the release notes which will explain what happened? The considered option of those I asked were in favour of 3.5.0 On Mon 9 Jan 2017 at 17:22, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Note that by going from 3.3.9 to 3.5.0, this will add to the confusion from > > the user's POV. > > > > Gary > > > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 1:45 AM, Stephen Connolly <steph...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > After some discussion and debate, the Maven developers have agreed [1] to > > > replan the next release of Maven. > > > > > > The original plans for Maven 3.4.0 were that it should consist of > > > effectively a no-op drop in replacement of Eclipse's Aether project > (which > > > has been retired at the Eclipse Foundation) for the migrated code now > known > > > as Apache's Maven Resolver. Additionally the plans called for some other > > > orthogonal changes around logging colourization and some launcher script > > > bug fixes. > > > > > > Due to some misunderstanding, there were quite a number of other changes > > > introduced which could be seen as modifying how dependencies and > classpaths > > > get built. While we want to get these changes released as bug fixes, it > is > > > also important to us to provide a clear progression of development. Some > of > > > the bugs we want to fix require changes to the resolver code and the > > > developers feel it is important to mark the baseline of the migrated code > > > such that it should be a drop-in replacement for 3.3.9. > > > > > > In that regard we have reset the master branches of the following GIT > > > repositories to the point in time that corresponds to the 3.3.9 release: > > > > > > * git://git.apache.org/maven.git was reset to > > > bce33aa2662a51d18cb00347cf2fb174dc195fb1 > > > > > > * git://git.apache.org/maven-integration-testing.git was reset to > > > f31241ad6cb6474e559289f1bd7110ea5d5a4fba > > > > > > * git://git.apache.org/maven-resolver.git was reset to > > > b74f7a1e8837875b4780199f644119f55d22465d > > > > > > If you have clones of any of these repositories you will need to update > > > them as the master branch has been force-pushed. > > > > > > As there have already been issues closed as fixed in 3.4.0 and a number > of > > > 3.4.0-SNAPSHOT releases were distributed for user feedback, it has been > > > decided to burn the 3.4.0 version number as a signal of the reset. The > next > > > release of Maven will thus be 3.5.0 > > > > > > We have a (mostly) agreed plan for the content of the 3.5.0 release [2] > > > (there are still some issues being decided on) > > > > > > As all the content of 3.5.0 has already been developed on the old master > > > branches (which have been retained as the pre-reset-master branches) it > > > should be relatively easy to pull each of the agreed changes and merge > > > them. For this reason we hope to be able to cut a release candidate of > > > 3.5.0 relatively quickly. > > > > > > The next step will be agreeing the content of next release (which we hope > > > to have follow 3.5.0 after 6-8 weeks and will either be called 3.5.1 or > > > 3.6.0 depending on the agreed content). > > > > > > The drive is to get almost all the content that was in the > pre-reset-master > > > released, but in a version history that makes it easier for users to > > > understand the impact and makes it easier for developers to identify the > > > potential impact of the changes. > > > > > > - Stephen > > > > > > (On behalf of the Apache Maven Project) > > > > > > [1]: > > > https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/maven-dev/201701. > > > mbox/%3CCA%2BnPnMx-e7kGYy3Hp87v8hLGdhp1q%3DtKLx_ > > > 6QuZ4kGUqHEBGcw%40mail.gmail.com%3E > > > > > > [2]: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/Roadmap+2017 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition > > < > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1617290459/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1617290459&linkCode=as2&tag=garygregory-20&linkId=cadb800f39946ec62ea2b1af9fe6a2b8 > > > > > > <http://// > ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=garygregory-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1617290459> > > JUnit in Action, Second Edition > > < > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1935182021/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1935182021&linkCode=as2&tag=garygregory-20&linkId=31ecd1f6b6d1eaf8886ac902a24de418%22 > > > > > > <http://// > ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=garygregory-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1935182021> > > Spring Batch in Action > > < > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1935182951/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1935182951&linkCode=%7B%7BlinkCode%7D%7D&tag=garygregory-20&linkId=%7B%7Blink_id%7D%7D%22%3ESpring+Batch+in+Action > > > > <http://// > ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=garygregory-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1935182951> > > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory > > -- Sent from my phone
