Tibor Il lun 30 set 2019, 20:30 Tibor Digana <tibordig...@apache.org> ha scritto:
> Robert, you'r really right, there is only 3.7.0-candidate > < > https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project+%3D+MNG+AND+fixVersion+%3D+3.7.0-candidate > > > version in Jira, see > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/MNG?selectedItem=com.atlassian.jira.jira-projects-plugin:release-page > So this means MNG-6169 is in this discussion as well as it is 3.7.0. > As well as many other issues in the list including the MNG-6548 and > MNG-6656 too. > > Internal code regarding J8 means that you have to rewrite the code to J8. > It can be done automatically but that's another topic. > You know that compiling for j8 does not require to use lamdas or whatever, don't have to change your code,but only set target=8 Enrico As far as I know the Maven developers they do not always have private spare > time to do this job and therefore it is better to write a list of > priorities and find the human resources for these issue. I know how > difficult it is. This is the main problem. > I am not against J8. I only say that we have to deliver important things > from the user perspective first and then those less important whishes which > is called "priorities", nothing special. > > Cheers > Tibor17 > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 8:14 PM Robert Scholte <rfscho...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > The versions upgrades of plugins are part of another topic, which are > > indeed 3.7.0 candidates. > > > > As said, the Java 8 update is not just about internal code improvements > > or > > changes. Maven will expose new APIs/SPIs that contain Java 8 Functions, > > so > > it must be seen as a requirement to implement the experimental > > buildconsumer feature. > > > > Robert > > > > On Sat, 28 Sep 2019 14:23:16 +0200, Tibor Digana <tibordig...@apache.org > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > Hello guys, > > > > > > For the user community these two issues are important: > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6169 > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6548 > > > The Tycho project is the user as well. > > > The J8 is internal code improvement/change => lower priority than the > > > user's priority => release order/priorities/dedicated time spent in > > > development. > > > > > > Have a nice day. > > > > > > Cheers > > > Tibor17 > > > > > > On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 2:08 PM Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> I would say that fixing the Tycho issue comes first. > > >> > > >> Gary > > >> > > >> On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 8:04 AM Robert Scholte <rfscho...@apache.org> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> > Hi, > > >> > > > >> > TLDR; introduce maven.experimental.buildconsumer and push Java > > >> > requirement > > >> > to Java 8 > > >> > > > >> > now that Maven 3.6.2 is out for a couple of weeks, it seems like we > > >> > didn't > > >> > face real regressions. > > >> > The only one might be tricky is the issue related to Tycho. > > >> > > > >> > However, I think we're ready to push Maven to the next level. > > >> > > > >> > For those actively reading this list, they should recognize the need > > >> for > > >> > splitting up the pom as it is on the local system versus the pom > being > > >> > uploaded. Once we truly control this mechanism we can think of > > >> > improvements on model 5.0.0 and new fileformats. > > >> > > > >> > I've created and implemented MNG-6656[1]. It also contains a zip > > with > > >> an > > >> > example (original, patched, README) to understand what's happening. > > >> > > > >> > In order to make this successful, we need IDEs and CI Servers to > > >> > understand and support these changes. The likely need to implement > > >> one of > > >> > the interfaces[2]. > > >> > The new interface uses Java8 Functions (and especially > > >> SAXEventFactory is > > >> > way easier to read+maintain with Java 8). I've tried to keep Maven > > >> Java 7 > > >> > compatible, but that was too hard to do. > > >> > So I'd like to use this opportunity to move Maven forward and start > > >> > requiring Java 8. > > >> > > > >> > There are some other improvements I'd like to add (those messages > will > > >> > follow), so this will imply that it will take some time before we > do a > > >> > new > > >> > release. > > >> > > > >> > WDTY, > > >> > Robert > > >> > > > >> > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6656 > > >> > [2] https://github.com/apache/maven/compare/MNG-6656?expand=1 > > >> > > > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> > 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 > > > > >
