Does Maven and it's own plugins use JApiCmp or any tool to detect binary compatibility breaks?
Gary On Tue, Oct 4, 2022, 06:53 Tamás Cservenák <ta...@cservenak.net> wrote: > Howdy, > > It should not break, but if it does, we did something wrong. > > The new API will coexist with old stuff, so in essence Maven 3 plugins > should not break with Maven 4, as long Maven 4 provides this "backward 3.x > compat window" > (but no Maven2 compat anymore, we cannot provide two major versions > spanning compat layer). > For how long it is undecided yet (4.1? 4.5? etc). > > Can you share more details about your breakage so we can fix things up? > > > Thanks > Tamas > > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2022 at 12:42 PM Marc Philipp <m...@gradle.com> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > We’re maintaining a Maven extension and testing it against the latest > > snapshots. After the merge of https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/703 > our > > tests started failing because of breaking API changes. I see there are > PRs > > to core Maven plugins linked from there. If I understood it correctly, > this > > change will break all/most existing Maven plugins. > > > > Maven 4.0 is a major new version and as such is obviously allowed to make > > breaking changes to its API. However, I was wondering if there’s any > > guidance or a migration path for (third-party) Maven plugins and > > extensions? Is the idea that they’ll also have to publish new major > > versions that are compatible with 4.x? If they still need to support 3.x, > > would they need to maintain long-lived branches and release 3.x and 4.x > > compatible versions until they decide to drop support for 3.x? Or will > > there be any kind of compatibility layer? > > > > Thanks, > > Marc > > > > -- > > > > Marc Philipp > > > > Senior Principal Software Engineer > > > > Gradle GmbH > > Firmensitz: Danckelmannstr. 21, 14059 Berlin, Germany > > > > Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 162310 > > > > Geschäftsführer: Dr. Rolf Dockter > > > > P. +49 30 609886880 > > W. gradle.com > > > > [image: > > > > > https://dpesummit.com/?utm_source=employee-signature&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dpesummit > > ] > > < > > > https://dpesummit.com/?utm_source=employee-signature&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dpesummit > > > > > >
