Hi, We have two major pieces that we, Sonatype, would like to merge into Maven 3.x trunk.
The first are the Guice changes that we've been talking about for a while, and the second is the introduction of Aether which is our second attempt at a stand-alone repository API. The PMC is aware of Aether as Brian reported it in our quarterly report to the Apache Board, but other developers who are not on the PMC and the community in general might not know much about it. I just posted an entry giving a very high level description: http://www.sonatype.com/people/2010/08/introducing-aether/ There is a resources section at the bottom of the post for those interested in the sources, issue tracking, wiki and mailing lists. As part of some of the research we are about to embark on with Daniel Le Berre, Aether will likely look more like p2 as time passes and as a final resting place the Eclipse Foundation is more likely then Apache. I know people will ask so I'm answering that now. Sonatype is just about to fully move Tycho over the Eclipse Foundation and we want to see how that goes. If that works, then M2Eclipse is next, and then Aether will follow. At any rate we would like to merge these changes in and make plans to release 3.0-beta-2. So please let us know if you have any objections. Thanks, Jason ---------------------------------------------------------- Jason van Zyl Founder, Apache Maven http://twitter.com/jvanzyl --------------------------------------------------------- First, the taking in of scattered particulars under one Idea, so that everyone understands what is being talked about ... Second, the separation of the Idea into parts, by dividing it at the joints, as nature directs, not breaking any limb in half as a bad carver might. -- Plato, Phaedrus (Notes on the Synthesis of Form by C. Alexander)
