Such a pity that they didn't change the package name when breaking backwards compatibility...
On 21 June 2016 at 22:56, Mark Waite <[email protected]> wrote: > The git client plugin 2.0.0 and git plugin 3.0.0 releases will only > support JDK 7 and later. The change to JDK 7 allows code simplifications > (try with resources, etc.) and are a good opportunity to upgrade from > embedding JGit 3 to embedding JGit 4. > > JGit 4 only supports JDK 7 and later. The API's in JGit 4 have been > reworked to support JDK 7 try with resources. That API rework is what > allows the most significant code simplifications. However, that means > there are some JGit 3 API calls which no longer exist in JGit 4 (JGit 3 has > TreeWalk.release() > <http://download.eclipse.org/jgit/site/3.7.1.201504261725-r/apidocs/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/TreeWalk.html>, > while JGit 4 TreeWalk does not have release() > <http://download.eclipse.org/jgit/site/4.3.1.201605051710-r/apidocs/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/TreeWalk.html> > ). > > Now the challenge. The git client plugin intentionally bundles JGit so > that other plugins can use JGit without bundling it themselves. However, a > switch of the JGit version from JGit 3 to JGit 4 means that the JGit usage > in plugins which depend on JGit as delivered by the git-client plugin may > be broken by the upgrade from git client plugin 1 to git client plugin 2. > > The scenarios I see can be illustrated with git client and git plugin > (since the git plugin has the same problem as other JGit consumers may): > > Git client plugin 1.19.6 with git plugin 2.4.4 -> allowed and works as > expected (current configuration) (available to Jenkins versions 1.609 and > later) > Git client plugin 1.19.6 with git plugin 3.0.0 -> not allowed because git > plugin 3 explicitly depends on git client plugin 2 > Git client plugin 2.0.0 with git plugin 2.4.4 -> allowed but will fail > because git plugin 2 depends on at least one JGit 3 API call (available to > Jenkins 1.625 and later) > Git client plugin 2.0.0 with git plugin 3.0.0 -> allowed and works as > expected (available to Jenkins 1.625 and later) > > I think I could remove the JGit TreeWalk dependency from the git plugin > pretty easily, but I suspect there are other plugins which also depend on > JGit and which may be harmed by the change from JGit 3 to JGit 4. > > Are there other, more effective techniques for managing this type of > dependency problem? I like very much the benefits of Java 7 and of JGit 4, > but would like to not break compatibility for other plugins. > > Alternately, I could search the plugin tree for JGit references to see the > actual scope of the problem. I haven't detected any other JGit 3 specific > dependencies in my integration testing (git plugin, github plugin, GitHub > Organization Folders, various workflow uses, etc.), but my failure to > detect those dependencies doesn't mean they don't exist... In my first > attempt <https://github.com/search?q=org%3Ajenkinsci+TreeWalk&type=Code> > (searching just for TreeWalk), I found that git plugin and > openshift-deployer-plugin both depend on JGit TreeWalk(). Two consumers > (one of which I maintain, the other which seems to include its own specific > JGit version) is not enough to spend much effort trying to retain > compatibility. > > Thanks, > Mark Waite > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/40211832-a315-43e6-8372-94fb21109e5a%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/40211832-a315-43e6-8372-94fb21109e5a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CA%2BnPnMxpdDK4pBU7ETPvNfQLq9s_3-xKzu1GksthmMdz7Vz-MA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
