Imho it should go to Central just like any other release. All components and everything. The version clearly tells thats its alpha and this allows for clean testing, embedding and so on.
We have done it in the past and I dont see any reason for changing this. Manfred Stephen Connolly wrote on 2017-02-25 16:05: > So if I am embedding Maven, how do I embed Maven 3.5.0-alpha-1? > > (I know it should not be a big issue as we should have the release soon > anyway, but more from the principal POV) > > Consider the Jenkins "evil" job type plugin that has dependencies on some > of the artifacts that are in the staging repository? If there is a need to > update the adapter libs for that to work with alpha-1, how would that be > possible if we don't publish the artifacts at least somewhere? > On Sat 25 Feb 2017 at 23:23, Robert Scholte <rfscho...@apache.org> wrote: > >> It depends on what the task of Central is. If it for *dependencies*, >> there's no need to publish pre-final versions; don't think we should >> motive plugins to depend on alphas. >> >> AFAIK the common way to get a new version of Maven is via >> http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi and not via Central. >> >> This is also about hygiene. Not every artifact belongs in Central (we've >> seen continuous deployment-like releases), and pre-releases could belong >> to that group. >> >> Funny, just like Jigsaw there's a clear difference between libraries and >> applications; I don't mind treating them differently, especially in these >> unofficial release stages. >> >> Robert >> >> On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 22:55:55 +0100, Karl Heinz Marbaise >> <khmarba...@gmx.de> wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > based on the started discussion about either to bring 3.5.0-alpha-1 to >> > Central or not I would suggest to discuss in a separate thread and >> > prevent using the VOTE's threads for that (as Stephen already mentioned). >> > >> > Using Central: >> > o Everybody can use it and make tests on it. >> > >> > Using an other repository: >> > o Which one? >> > >> > Using only dist area? Or something different? >> > >> > WDY? >> > >> > Based on earlier releases which had been in Central with alpha's: >> > >> > >> http://search.maven.org/#search%7Cgav%7C1%7Cg%3A%22org.apache.maven%22%20AND%20a%3A%22apache-maven%22 >> > >> > Kind regards >> > Karl Heinz Marbaise >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > 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 >> >> -- > Sent from my phone > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
