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
> > >> >
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