All obvious issues resolved, so the bulk of components (2.9.0.pr1) will be released sometime today. As usual, Scala module versions may take bit longer.
And somewhat unexpectedly, jackson-jr has some issues with `jr-all` not producing javadocs, which makes Maven Central unhappy. So that gets delayed. But other than that, happy hacking & testing with JAckson 2.9.0, Pre-Release #1! -+ Tatu +- On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 8:27 AM, Tatu Saloranta <[email protected]> wrote: > Finally! Originally hoped for early December 2016, release of the > first pre-release for Jackson 2.9, will be out soon. I have started > the process, and found 4 separate issues regarding changes in (most > likely) jackson-databind that caused test failures in other > components. I fixed one (regarding coercion of "" into null/empty > value, which broke tests for `Optional`), so 3 more to go. > > In the meantime, you may observe partial release (some components have > version out, others not). > No cause for alarm, the rest will follow once I either fix the issues, > or determine they are non-blockers (for pre-release version). > > Change list will be maintained at: > > https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson/wiki/Jackson-Release-2.9 > > and I hope to blog a bit at least about 5 "big" features to be included. > > Beyond pr1 I will still work on some features; most notably: > > 1. Try to get non-blocking/async JSON/Smile decoded implemented > 2. Get Amazon Ion format dataformat backend ready to be included (with > backport releases for at least 2.8 and 2.7) > > but also many smaller fixes. > > Also: once I have completed pr1 push -- and I will send a note when > that occurs -- I could use lots of help in smoke testing of the > pre-release. This is the critical phase in trying to get initial 2.9.0 > as regression-free as possible, and I hope we can continue the trend > of getting (slightly ever) stabler and stabler .0 releases out. > > -+ Tatu +- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jackson-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
