it's not about *one not wanting* to upgrade (anybody can use JDK 17 if they want currently)
it's about *one forcing everybody else* to upgrade (and enter the toolchain setup question) I'd be curious to see what will happen the day one of the base plugin force to upgrade: https://ci-maven.apache.org/job/Maven/job/maven-box/job/maven-dist-tool/job/master/site/dist-tool-prerequisites.html Regards, Hervé Le mardi 19 juillet 2022, 21:28:07 CEST Delany a écrit : > Elliotte, you make it sound like they don't *want* to upgrade to JDK17. But > who wouldn't want that? > Its usually the business holding that back. If I can tell the business, > sorry, but Maven requires it - then that's the end of the conversation. > They won't argue. Switching to another build system to avoid doing the > inevitable is just making more work. > > What little I know, I appreciate the bold move to JDK17 and I guess it'll > pay off in the long run. Who knows what's next around the corner. > > Regards, > Delany > > On Tue, 19 Jul 2022 at 20:39, Elliotte Rusty Harold <elh...@ibiblio.org> > > wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 12:25 PM Karl Heinz Marbaise <khmarba...@gmx.de> > > > > wrote: > > > Hi to all, > > > > > > what do you think about using JDK17 as minimum requirement for running > > > the future Apache Maven 4.0.0 ? > > > > Bluntly, its an atrocious idea that work would likely lead to forks of > > maven or a lot of projects abandoning it for other build systems, as well > > as many more never upgrading. > > > > Developer preference does not outweigh the needs of the massive installed > > base. > > > > > Kind regards > > > Karl Heinz Marbaise > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > > > -- > > > > Elliotte Rusty Harold > > elh...@ibiblio.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
