Let's go with Option 1, i can modify .travis.yml to account for Maven 3.3x

On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 5:58 PM, Tim Ellison <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 22 July 2016 at 22:13, Joe Witt <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Within NiFi we went with the "oldest version of Maven we could fairly
> > easily support" approach.  I really wish we had not.
> >
> > As a new project you have one shot to set some of the fundamentals
> > down right such as the JVM you're tied to or the Maven build
> > environment and such.  I recommend, picking the most forward leaning
> > one you think you'll need.  It is really easy to install the latest
> > version of Maven
>
>
> Just checking I'm not missing something about installing the latest version
> of Maven on Travis.
>
> A quick search shows we need to either script the download of a later
> version [1], or a seemingly better option is to define the entire build env
> using Docker[2].
>
> [1]
>
> http://binkley.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/struggling-with-travis-ci-and-maven-33.html
> [2]
>
> http://blog.javabien.net/2015/08/21/travis-ci-on-a-java-project-with-docker-support/
>
> Regards,
> Tim
>
>
>
> > but it is really non-trivial if you're doing
> > interesting things with Maven to maintain support over long periods of
> > time for behaviors of older versions.
> >
> > I'd seriously recommend you take the latest Maven release and call
> > that the Maven version.  That is purely a recommendation.  I'll help
> > whatever path is the consensus.
> >
>

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