You can publish an alpha or a beta and still change the API. That really isn’t locked in until the first official GA release.
Ralph > On May 7, 2015, at 3:44 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, it might cause a problem to publish an RC. > > Any publication to Maven Central effectively freezes the current public API. > If a problem is then found, generally the only solution that avoids > jar hell is to release a new version with different package name and > different Maven coords - i.e. effectively a different product. > This will not be a drop-in replacement, and will require source code > changes by anyone using it. > > On 7 May 2015 at 03:54, DiFrango, Ronald (CONT) > <ronald.difra...@capitalone.com> wrote: >> Yeah, I would prefer to avoid the snap-shot repo, so if nothing else I'll >> build a version locally and upload it to our local Nexus. >> >> One question, if this is close, would it hurt to pulish an "RC" into Maven >> Central? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: sebb [mailto:seb...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 9:20 PM >> To: Commons Users List >> Subject: Re: [configuration] Apache Commons Configuration Version 2 >> >> You should also be able to get it from the ASF snapshot repo. >> >> However note that such artifacts may change or disappear at any time, so >> should only be used for testing. >> >> On 6 May 2015 at 20:07, Oliver Heger <oliver.he...@oliver-heger.de> wrote: >>> Hi Ron, >>> >>> Am 06.05.2015 um 03:38 schrieb DiFrango, Ronald (CONT): >>>> Oliver, >>>> >>>> I guess I could build it from source and store it in our local Nexus until >>>> a release version is built. >>>> >>> >>> this is of course possible. I do not expect major or breaking changes >>> until the final release. >>> >>> Thanks for your feedback, this is indeed motivating :-) >>> >>> Oliver >>> >>>> Ron DiFrango >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: DiFrango, Ronald (CONT) [mailto:ronald.difra...@capitalone.com] >>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 4:23 PM >>>> To: Commons Users List >>>> Subject: RE: [configuration] Apache Commons Configuration Version 2 >>>> >>>> Oliver, >>>> >>>> I figured it would be something like that and that's understandable as is >>>> the time-table. We definitely like the feature set of 2.x as it supports >>>> many of the uses cases more naturally than 1.x so would like to move >>>> forward with it. >>>> >>>> But I can't unless it's in maven central. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Ron >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Oliver Heger [mailto:oliver.he...@oliver-heger.de] >>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 4:20 PM >>>> To: Commons Users List >>>> Subject: Re: [configuration] Apache Commons Configuration Version 2 >>>> >>>> Hi Ron, >>>> >>>> Am 05.05.2015 um 22:09 schrieb DiFrango, Ronald (CONT): >>>>> All, >>>>> >>>>> Is Apache commons configuration in maven central or some other repo? I'm >>>>> using Gradle and pointing to an internal Nexus repo that is a proxy for >>>>> Maven central and I can't resolve it as follows: >>>>> >>>>> compile group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-configuration2', >>>>> version: '2.0-alpha2' >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> because it is only an alpha release, this version has not been deployed to >>>> a public Maven repository. We did this by intension to avoid potential jar >>>> hell if there are still binary incompatible changes before the final >>>> release. >>>> >>>> I am working to get the final version 2.0 out, but unfortunately my time >>>> is currently pretty limited. So I cannot predict a release schedule. >>>> >>>> Oliver >>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Ron >>>>> >>>>> ________________________________________________________ >>>>> >>>>> The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and/or >>>>> proprietary to Capital One and/or its affiliates. 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