+1 Gary
On Apr 8, 2017 4:13 AM, "sebb" <[email protected]> wrote: > What is the project about? Why should I be interested in it? > [rhetorical questions] > > The Announce emails are sent to people not on the developer or user lists. > Many will have no idea what the project is about. > > So the e-mails should contain at least brief details of what the > product does, and some info on why the new release might be of > interest to them. > > Readers should not have to click the link to find out the basic information > (although of course it is useful to have such links for further detail). > > Please can you add that information to future announce mails? > > Thanks. > > I realise that Maven is a lot better known than some other ASF > projects, however that does not mean it is universally known. > > HTTPD, Tomcat and Ant all include a summary of their project in Announce > mails. > > On 7 April 2017 at 22:07, Stephen Connolly <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Apache Maven team would like to announce the release of Apache Maven > > 3.5.0. > > > > You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page > > > > http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi > > > > Notable changes > > =============== > > > > - ANSI colors added to the console output > > - Fix various bugs in mvn scripts regarding spaces, quotations, special > > characters, etc. also in combination with .mvn/ -files > > - Switch from Eclipse Aether to Maven Artifact Resolver > > > > What happened to Maven 3.4.0? > > ============================= > > > > After Maven 3.3.9 was released, the Eclipse Aether project was retired > and > > the code base was migrated to the Apache Maven project. > > > > The original goal for the 3.4.0 release was to replace Aether with the > > exact same code after migration to the Apache Maven project and then > > proceed with bug fixes to the resolver code as well as other areas of > Maven. > > > > The migration of the code between the two foundations took longer than > > expected and as a result there were other changes committed to Maven core > > that were outside the scope of intent for 3.4.0. > > > > In order to refocus on the original intent for 3.4.0, the decision was > > taken to revert the Maven core history to the point of the 3.3.9 release > > and merge in the desired changes one at a time. > > > > Because there had been a lot of communication about different features > > being delivered and bugs fixed in Maven 3.4.0 and the new history may not > > contain them in the first release, the decision was taken to forever burn > > the 3.4.x release line. > > > > More detail on this decision can be read in the mailing list archive[1]. > > > > Contributors > > ============ > > > > The Apache Maven team would like to thank the following contributors, > > without whom this release would not have been possible: > > > > Code contributors: > > > > - Alex Henrie > > - Andriy > > - Archimedes Trajano > > - Arlo Louis O'Keeffe > > - August Shi > > - Christoph Böhme > > - Harald Wellmann > > - Jason Dillon > > - Joseph Walton > > - Josh Soref > > - Miriam Lee > > - Nemo Chen > > - Sébastian Le Merdy > > - Stuart McCulloch > > - Tobias Oberlies > > - Robert Patrick > > > > Issue reporters: > > > > - Alex Henrie > > - Andreas Sewe > > - Andrew Haines > > - Andriy > > - Anthony Whitford > > - Archimedes Trajano > > - August Shi > > - Ben Caradoc-Davies > > - Christoph Böhme > > - Daniel Spilker > > - Falko Modler > > - Fred Bricon > > - Harald Wellmann > > - Jeffrey Alexander > > - Josh Soref > > - Kengo TODA > > - Konrad Windszus > > - Laird Nelson > > - Larry Singer > > - Meytal Genah > > - Mike Drob > > - Miriam Lee > > - Nemo Chen > > - Peter Kjær Guldbæk > > - Rahul Thakur > > - Richard Raumberger > > - Stuart McCulloch > > - Tobias Oberlies > > - Zac Thompson > > > > Community testers participating in voting for this release series: > > > > - Grzegorz Grzybek > > - Petr Široký > > - Mark Derricutt, > > - Dejan Stojadinović > > - Thomas Collignon > > - Fred Cooke > > - Raphael Ackermann > > - Elliot Metsger > > - Chas Honton > > - Dennis Kieselhorst > > > > The Apache Maven Project Management Committee would also like to thank > all > > the committers to the project for their efforts during the chaos that was > > the great reset when the 3.4.x release lines were burned. > > > > Release Notes - Maven - Version 3.5.0 > > ===================================== > > > > Bugs: > > > > * [MNG-5297] - Site should tell 'prerequisites.maven is deprecated' > > * [MNG-5368] - UnsupportedOperationException thrown when version > range > > is not correct in dependencyManagement definitions > > * [MNG-5629] - ClosedChannelException from > > DefaultUpdateCheckManager.read > > * [MNG-5815] - "mvn.cmd" does not indicate failure properly when > using > > "&&" > > * [MNG-5823] - mvnDebug doesn't work with M2_HOME with spaces - > missing > > quotes > > * [MNG-5829] - mvn shell script fails with syntax error on Solaris 10 > > * [MNG-5836] - logging config is overridden by $M2_HOME/lib/ext/*.jar > > * [MNG-5852] - mvn shell script invokes /bin/sh but requires Bash > > functions > > * [MNG-5895] - Problem with CI friendly usage of ${..} which is > already > > defined via property in pom file. > > * [MNG-5958] - java.lang.String cannot be cast to > > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.mapping.LifecyclePhase > > * [MNG-5961] - Maven possibly not aware of log4j2 > > * [MNG-5962] - mvn.cmd fails when the current directory has spaces in > > between > > * [MNG-5963] - mvn.cmd does not return ERROR_CODE > > * [MNG-6022] - mvn.cmd fails if directory contains an ampersand (&) > > * [MNG-6053] - Unsafe System Properties copy in > > MavenRepositorySystemUtils, causing NPEs > > * [MNG-6057] - Problem with CI friendly usage of ${..} reactor order > is > > changed > > * [MNG-6090] - CI friendly properties break submodule builds > > * [MNG-6105] - properties.internal.SystemProperties. > addSystemProperties() > > is not really thread-safe > > * [MNG-6109] - PluginDescriptor doesn't read since value of parameter > > * [MNG-6117] - ${session.parallel} not correctly set > > * [MNG-6144] - DefaultWagonManagerTest#testGetMissingJarForced() > passed > > incorrect value > > * [MNG-6166] - mvn dependency:go-offline fails due to missing > > transitive dependency jdom:jdom:jar:1.1 > > * [MNG-6168] - Fix unclosed streams > > * [MNG-6170] - NPE in cases using Multithreaded -T X versions:set > > -DnewVersion=1.0-SNAPSHOT > > * [MNG-6171] - REGRESSION: WARNING about usage of a non threadsafe > > marked plugin is not showed anymore > > * [MNG-6172] - Precedence of command-line system property options has > > changed > > * [MNG-6173] - MavenSession.getAllProjects() should return all > projects > > in the reactor > > * [MNG-6176] - Javadoc errors prevent release with Java 8 > > * [MNG-6177] - The --file command line option of the Windows and Unix > > launchers does not work for directory names like "Spaces & Special Char" > > * [MNG-6180] - groupId has plain color when goal fails > > * [MNG-6181] - HttpClient produces a lot of noise at debug loglevel > > * [MNG-6183] - Dependency management debug message corrections. > > * [MNG-6190] - maven-resolver-provider's > DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader > > has mismatched constructor and initService methods > > * [MNG-6191] - mvn -f complains about illegal readlink option under > > macOS > > * [MNG-6192] - distribution zip file has unordered entries > > * [MNG-6195] - Use consistent quoting forms in mvn launcher script > > * [MNG-6198] - mvn script fails to locate .mvn directory when pom > > location specified with -f > > > > Dependency upgrades: > > > > * [MNG-5967] - Dependency updates > > * [MNG-6110] - Upgrade Aether to Maven Resolver > > > > Improvements: > > > > * [MNG-5579] - Unify error output/check logic from shell and batch > > scripts > > * [MNG-5607] - Don't use M2_HOME in mvn shell/command scripts anymore > > * [MNG-5883] - Silence unnecessary legacy local repository warning > > * [MNG-5889] - .mvn directory should be picked when using --file > > * [MNG-5904] - Remove the whole Ant build > > * [MNG-5931] - Fixing documentation > > * [MNG-5934] - String handling issues identified by PMD > > * [MNG-5946] - Fix links etc. in README.txt which is part of the > > delivery > > * [MNG-5968] - Default plugin version updates > > * [MNG-5975] - Use Java 7's SimpleDateFormat in CLIReportingUtils# > > formatTimestamp > > * [MNG-5977] - Improve output readability of our > MavenTransferListener > > implementations > > * [MNG-5993] - Confusing error message in case of missing/empty > > artifactId and version in pluginManagement > > * [MNG-6001] - Replace %HOME% with %USERPROFILE% in mvn.cmd > > * [MNG-6003] - Drastically reduce JAVA_HOME discovery code > > * [MNG-6014] - Removing ArtifactHandler for ejb3 > > * [MNG-6017] - Removing ArtifactHandler for par LifeCycle > > * [MNG-6030] - ReactorModelCache do not used effectively after maven > > version 3.0.5 which cause a large memory footprint > > * [MNG-6032] - WARNING during build based on absolute path in > > assembly-descriptor. > > * [MNG-6068] - Document default scope compile in pom XSD and > reference > > documentation > > * [MNG-6078] - Can't overwrite properties which have been defined in > > .mvn/maven.config > > * [MNG-6081] - Log refactoring - Method Invocation Replaced By > Variable > > * [MNG-6102] - Introduce ${maven.conf} in m2.conf > > * [MNG-6115] - Add Jansi native library search path to our start > > scripts to avoid extraction to temp file on each run > > * [MNG-6145] - Remove non-existent m2 include in component.xml > > * [MNG-6146] - Several small stylistic and spelling improvements to > > code and documentation > > * [MNG-6147] - MetadataResolutionResult#getGraph() contains > duplicate > > if clause > > * [MNG-6150] - Javadoc improvements for 3.5.0 > > * [MNG-6163] - Introduce CLASSWORLDS_JAR in shell startup scripts > > * [MNG-6165] - Deprecate and replace incorrectly spelled public API > > * [MNG-6179] - Remove unused prerequisites > > * [MNG-6185] - Replace doclettag explanation with annotations in > > AbstractMojo javadoc > > * [MNG-6189] - WARN if maven-site-plugin configuration contains > > reportPlugins element > > > > New Features: > > > > * [MNG-3507] - ANSI color logging for improved output visibility > > * [MNG-5878] - add support for module name != artifactId in every > > calculated URLs (project, SCM, site): special project.directory property > > * [MNG-6093] - create a slf4j-simple provider extension that supports > > level color rendering > > * [MNG-6182] - ModelResolver interface enhancement: addition of > > resolveModel( Dependency ) supporting version ranges > > > > Tasks: > > > > * [MNG-5954] - Remove outdated maven-embedder/src/main/ > > resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF > > * [MNG-6106] - Remove maven.home default value setter from m2.conf > > * [MNG-6136] - Upgrade Maven Wagon from 2.10 to 2.12 > > * [MNG-6137] - Clean up duplicate dependencies caused by incomplete > > Wagon HTTP Provider exclusions > > * [MNG-6138] - Remove obsolete message_*.properties form maven-core > > * [MNG-6140] - update documentation's dependency graph with resolver > + > > resolver-provider + slf4j-provider > > * [MNG-6151] - Force Push master from 737de43e392fc15a0ce366db98d70a > > a18b3f6c03 > > * [MNG-6152] - Add a Jenkinsfile so that builds.apache.org can use > > multibranch pipeline > > > > Wishes: > > > > * [MNG-2199] - Support version ranges in parent elements > > * [MNG-6088] - after forked execution success, add an empty line > > * [MNG-6092] - warn if prerequisites.maven is used for non-plugin > > projects > > > > Enjoy, > > > > - The Apache Maven team > > > > [1]: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg112103.html > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
