Thanks for sharing! On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 11:23 PM Brian Fox <bri...@infinity.nu> wrote:
> Hi everyone. I haven't caught up on this thread but Tamas pinged me to get > some usage data from Central. Attached are the Maven versions and JDK > Version counts as reported by User Agent by distinct IP for the last 30 > days: > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 4:15 PM Hunter C Payne > <hunterpayne2...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: > >> I also want to stress that we care about what maven supports far more >> than what it requires to build. If it needs JDK 17 to build but the jars >> are compliant with Java 8, that's fine with me. >> >> Hunter >> >> On Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 12:47:33 PM PST, Romain >> Manni-Bucau <rmannibu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hmm, not sure im ready for a 200M vanilla build tool even if it would >> have >> been ok legally... >> >> Le mer. 21 févr. 2024 à 21:41, Hunter C Payne >> <hunterpayne2...@yahoo.com.invalid> a écrit : >> >> > I might be wrong but I understood that shipping the JRE/JVM required a >> > license and this is why most people don't ship with a JVM bundled. But >> > perhaps that has changed since the Oracle v Google/Alphabet trial. >> > Hunter >> > >> > On Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 12:00:54 PM PST, Benjamin Marwell >> < >> > bmarw...@apache.org> wrote: >> > >> > FWIW, bazel changed its runtime requirement to Java 21. >> > But they are shipping their own Java Runtime, so their users won't >> notice. >> > [1] >> > >> > I think they are the first build tool to do that. >> > >> > I say this as a FYI fact only, not implying anything. >> > Make of it what you want. >> > >> > - Ben >> > >> > Am Di., 20. Feb. 2024 um 21:50 Uhr schrieb Tamás Cservenák >> > <ta...@cservenak.net>: >> > > >> > > Howdy, >> > > >> > > I intentionally used "Maven" here, and not "Maven 4" as I am sure the >> > > majority of Maven users do not run Maven on the same Java version they >> > > target with their build. We do not do that either. >> > > >> > > Some snippets from Herve (who is the ONLY one doing reproducible >> checks, >> > > kudos for that) votes: >> > > >> > > Sun, Feb 18, 2024, 9:38 AM >> > > [VOTE] Release Apache Maven Shade Plugin version 3.5.2 >> > > Reproducible Build ok: reference build done with JDK 11 on *nix >> > > >> > > Wed, Jan 31, 2024, 5:06 AM >> > > [VOTE] Release Apache Maven JLink Plugin version 3.2.0 >> > > Reproducible Builds ok: reference build done on *nix with JDK 21 and >> > umask >> > > 022 >> > > >> > > Mon, Jan 8, 2024, 8:29 AM >> > > [VOTE] Release Maven Plugin Tools version 3.11.0 >> > > Reproducible Builds ok: reference build done with JDK 8 on Windows >> with >> > > umask >> > > >> > > Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 8:59 AM >> > > [VOTE] Release Apache Maven Compiler Plugin version 3.12.0 >> > > Reproducible Builds ok: reference build done on *nix with JDK 21 and >> > umask >> > > 022 >> > > >> > > Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 8:59 AM >> > > [VOTE] Release Apache Maven Compiler Plugin version 3.12.0 >> > > Reproducible Builds ok: reference build done on *nix with JDK 21 and >> > umask >> > > 022 >> > > >> > > Wed, Nov 29, 2023, 8:16 AM >> > > [VOTE] Apache Maven Build Cache Extension 1.1.0 >> > > Reproducible Build ok: reference build done on *nix with JDK 11 >> > > >> > > Sun, Nov 19, 2023, 5:17 PM >> > > [VOTE] Release Maven Resolver 1.9.17 >> > > Reproducible Build ok: reference build done with JDK 21 on *nix with >> > umask >> > > 022 >> > > >> > > Sat, Oct 21, 2023, 4:34 PM >> > > VOTE] Apache Maven 4.0.0-alpha-8 release >> > > Reproducible Build ok: reference build done with JDK 21 on *nix with >> > umask >> > > 022 >> > > >> > > Mon, Oct 2, 2023, 9:11 AM >> > > [VOTE] Release Apache Maven 3.9.5 >> > > Reproducible not fully ok: reference build done with JDK 17 on *nix >> and >> > > umask 022 >> > > >> > > ==== >> > > >> > > This CLEARLY shows the tendency: >> > > - Michael does releases on Java 8 (on windows!), he is a known >> "aligner" >> > > and windows person :) >> > > - Olivier used the "minimum" required Java version (for build cache). >> > > - Unsure why Herve used Java 11 for the Shade plugin... I mean, he >> could >> > > use 21 but also 8, but he shot for 11 that was EOL at the moment of >> > release. >> > > - The rest is 21. >> > > >> > > ==== >> > > >> > > So, the question for those refusing anything other than Java 8 to >> _run_ >> > > Maven (or to revert: for those refusing to run Maven on "latest LTS", >> > that >> > > is currently 21): >> > > WHY? >> > > >> > > >> > > Thanks >> > > T >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org >> > >> > >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
