Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2008-01-14 Thread Jason van Zyl
On 14-Jan-08, at 9:18 AM, Mark Hobson wrote: On 03/01/2008, Brett Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I said intended, because from memory I wasn't sure if it was still commented out :) I implemented release POMs in maven-release-plugin 2.0-beta-6, see: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRELEAS

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2008-01-14 Thread Mark Hobson
On 03/01/2008, Brett Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I said intended, because from memory I wasn't sure if it was still > commented out :) I implemented release POMs in maven-release-plugin 2.0-beta-6, see: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRELEASE-177 Mark --

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2008-01-02 Thread Brett Porter
I said intended, because from memory I wasn't sure if it was still commented out :) The problem with the use of this POM for release:perform is that it will be deployed into the repository - and that's not what you want. You then get the resolved dependencies instead of the declared ones,

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2008-01-02 Thread Matt Ryall
On Jan 1, 2008 1:28 AM, Brett Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FWIW, This is precisely the functionality that the > "generateReleasePoms" flag of the release plugin was intended to > provide. > "Intended to provide"? Does it actually provide it? The documentation for this flag seems a bit inc

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-12-31 Thread Brett Porter
ith the checked-in explicit-dependencies file to create a repeatable build. The separate dependencies file seems useful as documentation in its own right, rather like the "dependencies report" that can be generated for websites. Regards, Simon -- View this message in context: http:

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-12-31 Thread Simon Kitching
dependency resolution. However people can also choose to invoke maven with the checked-in explicit-dependencies file to create a repeatable build. The separate dependencies file seems useful as documentation in its own right, rather like the "dependencies report" that can be generated fo

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-05-02 Thread Clark, Gil W.
> POM... > > > > > -----Original Message- > From: Hervé BOUTEMY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 1:36 PM > To: Maven Developers List > Subject: Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1 > > Le mardi 1 mai 2007, T

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-05-01 Thread Jason van Zyl
x27;s good at and keep track of these bits. We will just say we want it to work :-) Jason. hey can be dynamic - specified in the settings file or top level POM... -Original Message- From: Hervé BOUTEMY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 1:36 PM To: Maven De

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-05-01 Thread Clark, Gil W.
settings file or top level POM... -Original Message- From: Hervé BOUTEMY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 1:36 PM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1 Le mardi 1 mai 2007, Tomasz Pik a écrit : >

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-05-01 Thread Hervé BOUTEMY
Le mardi 1 mai 2007, Tomasz Pik a écrit : > On 5/1/07, Hervé BOUTEMY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Le mardi 1 mai 2007, Jerome Lacoste a écrit : > > > Maybe there could be an easy way to let users use the latest ? maybe > > > something like > > > mvn -L ... ( L for latest) > > > that would ign

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-05-01 Thread Tomasz Pik
On 5/1/07, Hervé BOUTEMY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Le mardi 1 mai 2007, Jerome Lacoste a écrit : > Maybe there could be an easy way to let users use the latest ? maybe > something like > mvn -L ... ( L for latest) > that would ignore all specified versions, without requiring a POM > change ?

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-05-01 Thread Jerome Lacoste
On 5/1/07, Brian E. Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How on earth would you ever debug the inevitable issues when you suddenly upgrade to all new versions of plugins (and worse dependencies?)? because you don't do it "suddenly", you would do it continuously. Jerome

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-05-01 Thread Brian E. Fox
: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1 Le mardi 1 mai 2007, Jerome Lacoste a écrit : > Maybe there could be an easy way to let users use the latest ? maybe > something like > mvn -L ... ( L for latest) > that would ignore all specified versions, without requiring a P

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-05-01 Thread Hervé BOUTEMY
Le mardi 1 mai 2007, Jerome Lacoste a écrit : > Maybe there could be an easy way to let users use the latest ? maybe > something like > mvn -L ... ( L for latest) > that would ignore all specified versions, without requiring a POM > change ? Maybe too radical. such a LATEST option would be very

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-30 Thread Jerome Lacoste
On 4/11/07, John Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi everyone, I'd like to make sure we're all on the same page with the plugin auto-version resolution stuff that we've been discussing lately (on the assembly-plugin vote thread, for one thing). I think it's clear that we cannot continue to allow

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-24 Thread David Roussel
l versions are set in the pom, then we are going to need an easy way to version bump. Perhaps we need something like "mvn help:effective-pom" does now, or pehaps a way of listing all newer available plugins. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Remove-auto-resol

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-24 Thread David Roussel
on cobertura v1.7, but it has a different bug of it's own. Thus neither version combination is a "known good set". -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Remove-auto-resolution-of-plugin-versions-from-Maven-2.1-tf3560617s177.html#a10164293 Se

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-23 Thread David Roussel
builds and labels would be too big for maven right now, so a simpler approach in needed. Perhaps a simple way could be found to promote alpha and beta releases to final once enough testing has been done. Ultimately it's a problem of governance, and with such a widely dispersed leadersh

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-23 Thread Jose Alberto Fernandez
a management-POM if that sounds better, which is basically limited to contain the above mentioned elements. That should not be that difficult or complex to understand/implement. Jose Alberto -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Remove-auto-resolution-of-plugin-versions-

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-23 Thread Jose Alberto Fernandez
nk they work correctly. Well actually it does not work correctly, but that is an issue for a different thread. Jose Alberto -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Remove-auto-resolution-of-plugin-versions-from-Maven-2.1-tf3560617s177.html#a10141305 Sent from

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-23 Thread Brian E. Fox
"Can't you have a plug-in that generates some file to be consumed by another plugin? It may not be the most orthodox usage but definitely a possibility. Just because you do not have one now, it does not mean it cannot happen. The plug-in may not talk to each other but they may use different versi

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-23 Thread Brian E. Fox
>> I haven't seen this and I'm not even sure it's possible given that >> plugins can't communicate or even know about each other. >XDoclet plugin depends on Antrun plugin 1.0. And the dep is declared as *jar* dependency >(relying on the fact, that M2 cannot distinguish it). This is the real cu

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-23 Thread Jason van Zyl
On 23 Apr 07, at 8:57 AM 23 Apr 07, Jörg Schaible wrote: Hi Brian, Brian E. Fox wrote on Monday, April 23, 2007 2:42 PM: Everyone keeps referring to bundles that "are known to work together." Come someone produce an example of plugins that are incompatible with each other? Annoying: http

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-23 Thread Jason van Zyl
On 23 Apr 07, at 8:42 AM 23 Apr 07, Brian E. Fox wrote: Everyone keeps referring to bundles that "are known to work together." Come someone produce an example of plugins that are incompatible with each other? I haven't seen this and I'm not even sure it's possible given that plugins can't commu

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-23 Thread Jörg Schaible
Hi Brian, Brian E. Fox wrote on Monday, April 23, 2007 2:42 PM: > Everyone keeps referring to bundles that "are known to work together." > Come someone produce an example of plugins that are incompatible with > each other? Annoying: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MOJO-641 > I haven't seen this

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-23 Thread Brian E. Fox
Everyone keeps referring to bundles that "are known to work together." Come someone produce an example of plugins that are incompatible with each other? I haven't seen this and I'm not even sure it's possible given that plugins can't communicate or even know about each other. I personally think a

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-23 Thread Jason van Zyl
On 22 Apr 07, at 11:09 PM 22 Apr 07, Wayne Fay wrote: On 4/21/07, Jose Alberto Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So if I say BETA then no alpha bundle (a bundle containing alpha software) will be selected. Who exactly decides what the quality is for a given release? Dead on. All this wi

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-23 Thread Jose Alberto Fernandez
provide a tool that allows listing the transitive closure of dependencies of a bundle so that someone can check that no sneaky alpha code is getting pull in. But at the end of the day someone needs to take responsibility, just like you do when declaring a new Maven release to be of RELEASED status. H

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-23 Thread Jose Alberto Fernandez
e definition of the descriptor has no info on what is available on which version. It becomes a huge trial and error exercise. Will try following the discussion on the other thread, thanks. Jose Alberto -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Remove-auto-resolution-of-plugin-ve

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-22 Thread Wayne Fay
On 4/21/07, Jose Alberto Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So if I say BETA then no alpha bundle (a bundle containing alpha software) will be selected. Who exactly decides what the quality is for a given release? Outside of a handful (literally) of major apps/projects (Linux kernel and Apach

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-22 Thread Brett Porter
, Brian E. Fox wrote: I wrote this up here: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2945 -Original Message- From: Nigel Magnay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 2:42 PM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1 Here&#

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-22 Thread Brett Porter
On 12/04/2007, at 8:49 PM, Wayne Fay wrote: I'd also suggest that it might be helpful for someone to track the fundamental reason(s) behind emails to the Users list for a period of time (1-2 weeks) and then pick the top recurring reasons, and add them to the FAQ. It would be nice if there was a

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-22 Thread Brett Porter
On 12/04/2007, at 4:15 PM, John Casey wrote: 1. Locking down on release is dangerous IMO, because it implies that you might be making a change to the build behavior at release time. I don't think that was the intent. It was intended to capture exactly what you used at release time. The pr

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-21 Thread Wendy Smoak
On 4/21/07, Jose Alberto Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, having the documentation not reflecting the released plugins but SNAPSHOTs is not helpful to any user. We're discussing this now in a different thread. Please add your comments there if you have a preference. http://www.nabbl

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-21 Thread Jose Alberto Fernandez
too. So there you are some food for thought from a concern user... Jose Alberto -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Remove-auto-resolution-of-plugin-versions-from-Maven-2.1-tf3560617s177.html#a10119790 Sent from the Maven D

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-16 Thread Barrie Treloar
On 4/17/07, Kevin Menard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: support newer releases of external software. At least in the case of Selenium, the authors know that they're released version is broken and their response is to just use SNAPSHOT. That's the sort of scenario I'd like to see avoided if possible

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-16 Thread Kevin Menard
lto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 5:24 PM > To: Maven Developers List > Subject: Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1 > > I'm interested to know which snapshots bit you guys so hard? > Was it a [set of] internal snapshots, or

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-14 Thread Trygve Laugstøl
Brett Porter wrote: I think it's more complicated than just removing that. Firstly, large numbers of command line plugins will stop working. Secondly, we need to provide a solution for implied plugins (we can set the version in the lifecycle and then let the user give pluginManagement to over

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-14 Thread Barrie Treloar
On 4/14/07, ArneD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 2. Many users don't want to make a distinction between Maven itself >> and the >> Maven core plugins (compile, jar, ...). > > This also not true in my experience. Core plugins are not distributed > with Maven because we have consciously decoupled th

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-13 Thread Jason van Zyl
r own aren't available. - Arne -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Remove-auto- resolution-of-plugin-versions-from-Maven-2.1- tf3560617s177.html#a9981105 Sent from the Maven Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ---

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-13 Thread ArneD
all Maven core plugins (in >> form of >> a pre-filled local repository, for example) in the latest stable >> version >> > > That's entirely possible, and we could definitely do something like > that if was deemed something of value by users. > > I

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-13 Thread Stephane Nicoll
ot sure I follow but I don't see how it will fix the problem. Stéphane Regards - Arne -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Remove-auto-resolution-of-plugin-versions-from-Maven-2.1-tf3560617s177.html#a9975501 Sent from the Maven Developers mailing list

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-13 Thread Andrew Williams
ogy. Peter -Original Message- From: Brian E. Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 10:10 AM To: Maven Developers List Subject: RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1 Same here. -Original Message- From: Stephane Nicoll [mailto:[EMAI

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-13 Thread Jason van Zyl
t stable version That's entirely possible, and we could definitely do something like that if was deemed something of value by users. Jason. Regards - Arne -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Remove-auto- resolution-of-plugin-versions-from-Maven-2.1-

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-13 Thread David Roussel
eleased version that could safely be cached >> in a >> local repository, like any other artifact, i.e. it would follow the >> snapshot / release methodology. >> >> Peter >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Brian E. Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-13 Thread ArneD
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Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread jallen
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RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread jallen
ection > trying to figure out if package 2.0.6 contains Assembly 2.1 or > 2.2-alpha-1. > > -Original Message----- > From: John Casey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 12:55 PM > To: Maven Developers List > Subject: Remove auto-resolution of plugin v

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread John Casey
ch). People would then just go get the code anyway. > > -Original Message----- > From: Kevin Menard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 1:09 PM > To: Maven Developers List > Subject: RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1 > > R

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread Barrie Treloar
On 4/13/07, Brian E. Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Here's how I deal with instances where I need a snapshot plugin in my corp build: 1. Checkout the code for the snapshot. 2. Build it, changing the version to something like 2.0-[companyname]-svnrev 3. If I have to patch the source at all, I take

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread Kevin Menard
> -Original Message- > From: Kevin Menard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 1:09 PM > To: Maven Developers List > Subject: RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1 > > Right. > > My point is that regardless of w

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread Brian E. Fox
RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1 Right. My point is that regardless of what the original intention may have been, the current process facilitates laziness via SNAPSHOTs. Without them, incremental builds would be necessary, which would give fixed version numbers with know

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread Brian E. Fox
I wrote this up here: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2945 -Original Message- From: Nigel Magnay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 2:42 PM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1 > > Here's

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread Brian E. Fox
Yes I also agree this would be handy at times. -Original Message- From: Wayne Fay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 2:53 PM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1 Sounds like a great idea for a very useful

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread Wayne Fay
Sounds like a great idea for a very useful plugin. I'm sure many of us have followed this same pattern when it comes time to do a release which utilizes snapshot plugins or artifacts. Wayne On 4/12/07, Nigel Magnay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here's how I deal with instances where I need a s

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread Wayne Fay
ly do > > internally but if it is maintained on repo1, it would save a lot of work > > for a lot of people. > > > > Peter > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Brian E. Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 10:

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread Nigel Magnay
Here's how I deal with instances where I need a snapshot plugin in my corp build: 1. Checkout the code for the snapshot. 2. Build it, changing the version to something like 2.0-[companyname]-svnrev 3. If I have to patch the source at all, I take the whole thing and put it in my svn. If not, then

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread John Casey
y be an > > > inclusion of a specific parent version in a project POM that would > > > control which plugins to take. I think this is what people probably do > > > internally but if it is maintained on repo1, it would save a lot of work > > > for a lot of peopl

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread johne
rsion overrides should still be allowed. Just a thought. Likely I am missing something simple in all this. John Eichelsdorfer -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Remove-auto-resolution-of-plugin-versions-from-Maven-2.1-tf3560617s177.html#a9965491 Sent from the Maven Devel

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread Carlos Sanchez
is what people probably do > > internally but if it is maintained on repo1, it would save a lot of work > > for a lot of people. > > > > Peter > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Brian E. Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday,

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread Kevin Menard
etc, but it is most > definitely stable and reproducible. (even if our repo disappears). > > -Original Message- > From: Kevin Menard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 12:50 PM > To: Maven Developers List > Subject: RE: Remove auto-resolution of

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread Brian E. Fox
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 12:50 PM To: Maven Developers List Subject: RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1 A bit of a departure from the discussion, but still related . . . It may be worthwhile to rethink the whole SNAPSHOT system, too, then. Way too many plugins and depen

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread Kevin Menard
x [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:08 AM > To: Maven Developers List > Subject: RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1 > > John, I think you've hit the nail on the head here. If you > look at it this way, your plugins used are

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread John Casey
Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1 Same here. -Original Message- From: Stephane Nicoll [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 9:02 AM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1 Won't work every

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread Hayes, Peter
opers List Subject: RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1 Same here. -Original Message- From: Stephane Nicoll [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 9:02 AM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread Brian E. Fox
dency, the same should be true for plugins. -Original Message- From: John Casey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:00 AM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1 One thing I wanted to add: To me, it's c

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread John Casey
t; inclusion of a specific parent version in a project POM that would > > control which plugins to take. I think this is what people probably > do > > internally but if it is maintained on repo1, it would save a lot of > work > > for a lot of people. > > > > Pet

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread John Casey
sion of a specific parent version in a project POM that would > control which plugins to take. I think this is what people probably do > internally but if it is maintained on repo1, it would save a lot of work > for a lot of people. > > Peter > > -Original Message- > From

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread Brian E. Fox
Same here. -Original Message- From: Stephane Nicoll [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 9:02 AM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1 Won't work every time. We have a corporate pom, it's pretty m

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread Stephane Nicoll
sday, April 11, 2007 10:40 PM To: Maven Developers List Subject: RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1 >If I need a specific version (usual to workaround a known issue) then >I specify it in the the pom. Otherwise I want the latest. This is the current problem, where b

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread Hayes, Peter
2007 10:40 PM To: Maven Developers List Subject: RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1 >If I need a specific version (usual to workaround a known issue) then >I specify it in the the pom. Otherwise I want the latest. This is the current problem, where builds ar

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread David Roussel
y to all. Thanks David -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Remove-auto-resolution-of-plugin-versions-from-Maven-2.1-tf3560617s177.html#a9955794 Sent from the Maven Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread Richard van der Hoff
Carlos Sanchez wrote: I think every maven release should use a defined set of plugin versions. That would be reproducible and close to what it's happening now. I can't really agree with this; if maven provides a set of default plugin versions, people will continue to not specify explicit versi

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-12 Thread Mark Hobson
I thought release POMs were meant to resolve the issue of reproducible builds? Theoretically, when generateReleasePoms=true, release:perform will write an auxiliary POM with resolved versions for all plugins, dependencies, etc. that Maven uses in preference to the normal transformed POM. I say t

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-11 Thread Franz Allan Valencia See
I Agree. Minimum configuration should be enough for the common use cases. But if your build fails with the minimum configuration, then that's the time you add in other configurations. IMHO, it's just like the dependency mechanism. A typical user would only have to specify the artifacts he / she

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-11 Thread Wayne Fay
nection between javax.* and the plugins? -Original Message- From: Wayne Fay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:10 PM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1 Strongly agree with Carlos and Dan. We already have

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-11 Thread Brian E. Fox
>If I need a specific version (usual to workaround a known issue) then >I specify it in the the pom. Otherwise I want the latest. This is the current problem, where builds are done with undetermined versions. (ie the version for dev a might not match dev b) >For snapshot builds if I will use spec

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-11 Thread Brian E. Fox
I don't see the connection between javax.* and the plugins? -Original Message- From: Wayne Fay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:10 PM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1 Strongly agree with Carlo

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-11 Thread Carlos Sanchez
On 4/11/07, Barrie Treloar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/12/07, Carlos Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think every maven release should use a defined set of plugin > versions. That would be reproducible and close to what it's happening > now. > > Making the user list all plugins it's gon

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-11 Thread Barrie Treloar
On 4/12/07, Carlos Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think every maven release should use a defined set of plugin versions. That would be reproducible and close to what it's happening now. Making the user list all plugins it's gonna be killer for newbies. If I need a specific version (usual

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-11 Thread Jerome Lacoste
On 4/11/07, John Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Actually, the "unwittingly try and build it with 2.1" scenario is a case where it would be nice to have a prereq on maven < 2.1 in the POM. I don't think that 2.0.x supports that sort of thing in the section, but I imagine the enforcer-plugin wou

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-11 Thread Wayne Fay
Strongly agree with Carlos and Dan. We already have enough troubles on M-U with web proxies and javax.* artifacts not available in Central, we really don't need to add to the troubles by requiring users to specify every single plugin. Wayne On 4/11/07, Dan Tran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-11 Thread Dan Tran
I have to agree with Carlos, it is a killer for newbies, and it means slow adoption But speaking from my experience, I ended up to specify all plugin versions to reduce ambiguities. -D On 4/11/07, Carlos Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think every maven release should use a defined set

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-11 Thread Carlos Sanchez
I think every maven release should use a defined set of plugin versions. That would be reproducible and close to what it's happening now. Making the user list all plugins it's gonna be killer for newbies. On 4/11/07, John Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Actually, the "unwittingly try and build

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-11 Thread John Casey
Actually, the "unwittingly try and build it with 2.1" scenario is a case where it would be nice to have a prereq on maven < 2.1 in the POM. I don't think that 2.0.x supports that sort of thing in the section, but I imagine the enforcer-plugin would do it. I think we should write something into 2

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-11 Thread Jason van Zyl
On 11 Apr 07, at 1:04 PM 11 Apr 07, Brett Porter wrote: I think it's more complicated than just removing that. Firstly, large numbers of command line plugins will stop working. For anything specified in POM the version needs to be specified. Anything that is useful and required for a buil

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-11 Thread Jason van Zyl
+1 Being explicit is good. Jason. On 11 Apr 07, at 12:54 PM 11 Apr 07, John Casey wrote: Hi everyone, I'd like to make sure we're all on the same page with the plugin auto-version resolution stuff that we've been discussing lately (on the assembly-plugin vote thread, for one thing). I thin

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-11 Thread Brett Porter
I think it's more complicated than just removing that. Firstly, large numbers of command line plugins will stop working. Secondly, we need to provide a solution for implied plugins (we can set the version in the lifecycle and then let the user give pluginManagement to override it, but I'd li

RE: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-11 Thread Brian E. Fox
anyway as soon as a plugin gets release. Not to mention the extra indirection trying to figure out if package 2.0.6 contains Assembly 2.1 or 2.2-alpha-1. -Original Message- From: John Casey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 12:55 PM To: Maven Developers List Subject:

Re: Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-11 Thread Jerome Lacoste
On 4/11/07, Brett Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think it's more complicated than just removing that. Firstly, large numbers of command line plugins will stop working. Secondly, we need to provide a solution for implied plugins (we can set the version in the lifecycle and then let the user

Remove auto-resolution of plugin versions from Maven 2.1

2007-04-11 Thread John Casey
Hi everyone, I'd like to make sure we're all on the same page with the plugin auto-version resolution stuff that we've been discussing lately (on the assembly-plugin vote thread, for one thing). I think it's clear that we cannot continue to allow Maven to resolve RELEASE or LATEST meta-versions f