elharo commented on issue #3185: URL: https://github.com/apache/maven-surefire/issues/3185#issuecomment-3385492429
On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 7:18 AM Sandra Parsick ***@***.***> wrote: > *sparsick* left a comment (apache/maven-surefire#3185) > <https://github.com/apache/maven-surefire/issues/3185#issuecomment-3384471982> > > @elharo <https://github.com/elharo> what is your problem with staying on > an older Surefire plugin version if you need JUnit 3 support? > > I'm working on a detailed writeup of this, since the fundamental problem is much bigger than any one project, but the tldr is that the Maven repository system is incompatible with forks and patches. JUnit and surefire are specific examples of this failure mode. -- Elliotte Rusty Harold ***@***.*** -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
