Just a quick inquiry...
> maven-dependency-plugin: John Tolentino or Brian Fox > maven-surefire-plugin: Kenney > maven-pmd-plugin: Joakim > maven-checkstyle-plugin: Joakim > maven-release-plugin: Jason > maven-rar-plugin: ? > maven-war-plugin: ? > maven-assembly-plugin: ? Any updates on the status' of these releases? I know Maven 2.0.5 was also added into the mix of stuff going on. I must admit, I'm quite excited to see things happening after a long time of very few releases. However, stretching people too thin so nothing gets completed would be bad. Dan On Thursday October 26 2006 10:39 pm, Jason van Zyl wrote: > On 26 Oct 06, at 5:15 PM 26 Oct 06, Daniel Kulp wrote: > > 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: > > Ok, I spent a little time rounding up some people to take on releases > and we have the following: > > maven-dependency-plugin: John Tolentino > maven-surefire-plugin: Kenney > maven-pmd-plugin: Joakim > maven-checkstyle-plugin: Joakim > maven-release-plugin: Jason > > And seeing as I found people for those you are going to do the maven- > assembly-plugin :-) > > We'll all start working next week and release them as soon as we can. > > Jason. > > > 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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]
