+1 - Stephen
--- Sent from my Android phone, so random spelling mistakes, random nonsense words and other nonsense are a direct result of using swype to type on the screen On 11 Jan 2012 22:23, "Dennis Lundberg" <denn...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi > > I've had a look at this issue in the Checkstyle Plugin > http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHECKSTYLE-146 > > The issue is not unique to the Checkstyle Plugin, but rather any plugin > that uses Doxia 1.1.x or newer. That means at least all reporting > plugins. I've verified it on the PMD Plugin that I am working on. > > All Maven 2 versions come with a bundled Doxia version. This means that > it is locked and cannot use newer versions of Doxia. Most current > reporting plugins use Doxia 1.1.x which was introduced in Maven 2.1.0. > Maven version prior to that cannot use Doxia 1.1 features like Doxia > Logging. > > So when a reporting plugin using Doxia 1.1 is invoked by Maven 2.0.x > there is a high probability that it will crash, in a way similar to what > is described in the above issue. > > To remedy this I propose that all plugins that use Doxia 1.1+ has its > Maven prerequisite set to 2.2.1. > > Why not 2.1.0 or 2.2.0 you may ask? Well, we don't want people to use > them because Maven 2.1.0 and 2.2.0 produce incorrect GPG signatures and > checksums respectively. > > > Comments? > > > This is something that can be done one plugin at a time, when it's due > for release. We should register JIRA issues for each plugin stating the > updated Maven prerequisite, to make the change visible to our users. > > -- > Dennis Lundberg > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >