On 25 January 2011 15:33, Mark Struberg <strub...@yahoo.de> wrote: > The problem here is that fundamental maven functionality got moved over to > external jars.
umm, this particular update was to sisu which provides the replacement plexus container built on top of guice - it doesn't contain any maven functionality at all > And now those jars got changed from ALv2 to EPL. Don't get me wrong, EPL is > not a bad thing, but we cannot contribute to this library anymore without > going all the (very stony) route of contributing patches to the Eclipse > foundation. IANAL, but where does the EPL state that patches must be submitted to the Eclipse Foundation? It depends where the project is hosted. Personally I look forward to receiving contributions to sisu ( https://github.com/sonatype/sisu for those interested in getting involved) > If they refuse the patches then maven is doomed to fail... As someone > already mentioned: In the worst case maven3 will get nothing more than a > plugin processor for aether. From a project perspective this is a no-go, so > I strongly support the veto. > again, this commit was to do with sisu not aether - imho it seems a bit odd to veto inclusion of one dependency based on views about a separate dependency... -- Cheers, Stuart LieGrue, > strub > > > --- On Tue, 1/25/11, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > From: Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: svn commit: r1062210 - /maven/maven-3/trunk/pom.xml > > To: "Maven Developers List" <dev@maven.apache.org> > > Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 2:17 PM > > If you will all excuse a voice from > > the peanut gallery: > > > > Many PMCs take a very relaxed attitude toward external > > dependencies > > that are self-evidently qualified under the 'previously > > answered > > questions' list from Apache Legal. At CXF, for example, no > > one even > > raises an eyebrow about adding a 'category A' dependency to > > a non-ASF > > / non-ASL component. If some folks would like the maven PMC > > to hold a > > vote to adopt that attitude, might I suggest that you hold > > a vote for > > that idea and thus reduce the collective blood-pressure? > > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:37 AM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com > > > > wrote: > > > > > > On Jan 24, 2011, at 9:16 PM, Brett Porter wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> On 23/01/2011, at 4:34 AM, Ralph Goers wrote: > > >> > > >>> From what I can tell Sisu was previously under > > the Apache license but now also seems to have the EPL > > attached to it. Until the PMC makes a decision on how it is > > going to handle dependencies being managed by Sonatype I > > must veto any version changes on these artifacts. Please > > revert this change. > > >> > > >> So, normally a veto is worked through until > > consensus is reached rather than just dropping the change. > > It's a harsh step, but only applies to a single change and > > not a block on all changes. There's no need for > > overreactions, let's just try and resolve it. > > >> > > >> Is the only way to move forward to determine how > > to handle third-party dependencies, and how to apply it to > > current ones? Or is there another suggestion someone would > > like to make? > > >> > > >> - Brett > > > > > > All I asked for was for the PMC to define a policy - > > any policy - and then I'd remove the veto. Even a policy of > > "we don't care as long as it meets licensing requirements" > > would suffice. I am just requesting that the PMC formally > > state what it wants to do for the record. > > > > > > Ralph > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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 > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >
