Am 2019-09-28 um 14:05 schrieb Robert Scholte:
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
Regardless of how good this sounds/is, we have quite other substantional
issues to solve first this year, this is not a real world problem which
needs to be solved instantly:
1. I would expect a formal vote for the bump and the justification for it.
2. Fix behavior changes for 3.7.0, update plugins (infrastructure if you
like)
3. Really really clean up JIRA. We have *1864* unresolved issues! It
*cannot* go on like that forever. I've been working hard this year to
push a lot of components like SCM, Wagon, etc. Even in 3.6.2 I have
addressed 25 issues.
Personally, I don't have any motivation nor the mental/physical fitness
and especially time to make any substantial contributions except leaving
comments on JIRA issues or reviewing a PR at most for the next three to
six months. I also won't participate in any further in-depth discussion
for 3.7.0 for the reasons I have mentioned previously. I just don't see
it fruitful.
The technical debt we have is huge and we are not able to handle it.
This is not intended to diminish your work anyhow, but to express our
current situation from my personal view.
Michael
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