On Nov 24, 2010, at 10:51 PM, Ralph Goers wrote: > > On Nov 24, 2010, at 6:19 PM, Brett Porter wrote: > >> >> On 25/11/2010, at 12:12 PM, Jason van Zyl wrote: >> >>> >>> On Nov 24, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Ralph Goers wrote: >>> >>>> I'm not against any of the changes you made and it is my fault for not >>>> noticing earlier. As a general rule I don't believe the Apache pom should >>>> contain alpha or beta releases. >>> >>> I would say they can't. You potentially destabilize someone's environment >>> entirely. We don't have the best track record for making sure things work, >>> the WAR plugin is a recent case in point. If there are betas, maybe on a >>> case by case basis. If there are actually alpha plugins in there then -1. >> >> Let's put it in context... >> >> The betas are: >> - assembly plugin 2.2-beta-5 (was in beta before) >> - site plugin 3.0-beta-3 (only in maven 3 profile, no alternative) >> - enforcer plugin 1.0-beta-1 (very stable version). >> - release plugin 2.0-beta-9. >> >> There's been nothing upgraded to a beta - they were there already. >> >> assembly 2.2 and enforcer 1.0 were released recently, and the release plugin >> has been out for ages. They can probably go into the next parent POM release >> (I've just updated trunk). >> >> Beyond that, I agree - let's not use beta-quality code (or better, not ship >> beta-quality code :) >> > > Actually, my point was really that if they were good enough to put in the > apache parent pom then they almost certainly aren't beta quality code. Even > with the site plugin, now that maven 3 is released whatever is available is > all there is so it might as well be released. > > BTW - the gpg plugin was also a beta in 7 so at least there is one less in > this release. >
Agreed. They should all be released, and then no subsequent alphas or betas. > Ralph > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > Thanks, Jason ---------------------------------------------------------- Jason van Zyl Founder, Apache Maven http://twitter.com/jvanzyl ---------------------------------------------------------
