On Nov 8, 2011, at 12:15 AM, Brett Porter wrote: > > On 07/11/2011, at 8:43 AM, Jason van Zyl wrote: > >> You guys decided you wanted to wait so let's just wait. I didn't think it >> would take this long to get through either but it is what it is. So >> realistically we're looking at 3.0.4 in 4 weeks. > > But it could also be longer. >
Yes, but that's the decision you made. > I don't see why we should treat the existing EPL release any differently than > if it were to be released from Eclipse at this point. Yes, I tried to explain this a month ago. The code is all Sonatype copyright, and EPL. Wherever the code is that fact remains the same. > Going to Eclipse is a positive step from now, there will be better > transparency and governance, but arriving there is not the end of the road. > It's going to be even longer that it is more diverse, graduates the incubator > there, and becomes just consumable as a dependency. > > If someone wants to do a 3.0.4 release, they should do it, whether that > doesn't include this fix, or delivers it as a patch on the version we're > using, or uses the EPL version from Github. If nobody is prepared to do a > release now, that's fine too, but they shouldn't have to sit around waiting. > The whole reason I was concerned about Aether in the first place was because > we'd get stuck not being able to ship a fix to Maven without getting around > another project - we can't let ourselves get into that position. > > In my ideal world, Benjamin would cherry-pick the fix he's already made for > the issue Mark is concerned about, release 1.11.1, and we upgrade and someone > releases Maven 3.0.4. That wouldn't take long, wouldn't change the direction > everything is going, and let everyone get on with it. > > Is there a reason we shouldn't do that? > Because it's far more work than necessary, use Aether 1.13 that is EPL and is released. I can update it and start the release process tomorrow. > Cheers, > Brett > > -- > Brett Porter > [email protected] > http://brettporter.wordpress.com/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 --------------------------------------------------------- Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end result of a clean forward thrust, and our present difficulties as signs of decline and decay. -- Eric Hoffer, Reflections on the Human Condition
