On Thursday October 26 2006 11:26 am, Matthew Beermann wrote: > Are there any plans to release a new version of the Release plugin any > time soon? It's been since last May (!)... > > The particular feature we're most interested in is for it to insert > explict versions of the build plugins while creating the release POM. > This is a necessary prerequisite to having truly repeatable builds. > There are comments in the code to the effect that this feature is > planned, but I can't seem to find the JIRA issue that tracks it... > > --Matthew Beermann
While we're on the subject, what about some of the other plugins that haven't seen action in a while or have other major issues: 1) maven-dependency-plugin - this one actually has docs on maven.apache.org (http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/). However, it doesn't actually exist. It's NEVER been released. The only released version available is the older "mojo" versions that don't have all the new goals documented at apache.org. Anyway, having a plugin listed at apache.org that doesn't actually exist is probably not a good thing. 2) surefire - the 2.2 version is pretty much un-usable in a reactor build with reporting turned on as all the tests are "cumulative" and you get results from previous modules in the current module. We've had to force the usage of 2.1.3. Also, JUnit 4 would be nice. :-) (one project I'm involved in has almost abandoned the ant -> maven transition due to lack of JUnit 4 support) 3) PMD - pmd 3.8 was released a few weeks ago. Updating the plugin just to use 3.8 would be nice as it fixes several problems with JDK 1.5 code. (Requires 3.8 being added to central) 4) Assembly - hasn't been released since May. The SNAPSHOTS have some fixes that were required by tuscany. Not sure the details. However, they cannot use the release plugin due to the snapshot dependency. (not that they could use the release plugin anyway due to previously documented issues with the release plugin and the apache processes) I'm sure other people have more plugins they'd like to see released. I know a bunch of the maven folks are hard at work on things like Archiva, Maven 2.1, rsync improvements, etc... However, IMO, the current plugins aren't receiving the love and attention they need and the community is suffering for it. Maybe I should find some time to help out.... :-( -- J. Daniel Kulp Principal Engineer IONA P: 781-902-8727 C: 508-380-7194 F:781-902-8001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
