Hi all, Is it worth including more detailed information in the release notes to short circuit questions or concerns like this one?
I can't recall the last time I hear someone complaining about releasing too soon ;-) AFAIAC, if any bug fix is made available in a release, that's a good thing. I'm a fan on RERO though. Gary On Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 05:22 Tamás Cservenák <ta...@cservenak.net> wrote: > Howdy, > > mostly bug fixes in Resolver (that is shipped embedded within Maven), and > some minor fixes in Maven itself: > - resolver had 2 notable bugs, one in new BF collector (endless loop, SOEx) > that blocked VSCode Maven integration users, and a "cluster" of multiple > smaller bugs rendering provided checksum feature not quite usable. The 3rd > bug was related to a new "lock diagnostic", that was emitting false > (impossible) locks states. Rest is "general improvements" (manual route > config, timeout default value change) and POM update. There is one change > (undoes partially a change happened in 1.9.13) that is performance related, > when locking is used. > - maven had one bugfix (affecting users that may end up in endless loop in > case of plugin error, for example asciidoctor plugin users), and there was > a minor fix (bumping guava) for users who are unsavory of CVEs, mostly for > their peace of mind (as Maven itself is AFAIK not affected by this CVE, but > don't take my statement for granted). > > Of course, if you do not use any of these features like BF-collector, > provided-checksums, trying to debug locking issues or having endless loops > when some plugins fail, 3.9.4 will not make a big difference for you, but > as Romain said, we just want to "move forward", by doing regular minor > releases. > > Maven may receive more changes, as resolver is the first in the pipe, and > as all releases, takes 3 days. > > Thanks > T > > On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 4:18 AM Jeremy Landis <jeremylan...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > What exactly does this small release improve so much that it warrants a > > release this soon since 3.9.3? We scaled 3.9.3 already a while ago and > > haven't been any real issues that I can pinpoint that anything in this > > would address and make better. Clearly, I'm missing something here that > > is critical. We will upgrade right away but want to understand what this > > gets us that is so important. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tamás Cservenák <ta...@cservenak.net> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 11:42 AM > > To: Maven Developers List <dev@maven.apache.org> > > Subject: [HEADS UP] Maven 3.9.4 plan > > > > Howdy, > > > > Plan is as follows: > > 1. release Resolver 1.9.14 > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20MRESOLVER%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%201.9.14 > > 2. release Maven 3.9.4 > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20MNG%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%203.9.4 > > > > I plan to start tomorrow morning (European morning). As usual, if anyone > > objects, please speak up. > > > > Thanks > > T > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > >
