Hi Maarten, Could Maven 4 be made available via the wrapper? Isn't this the preferred method of switching versions?
Thanks, Delany On Tue, 16 Feb 2021 at 09:37, Maarten Mulders <mthmuld...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi Alexander, > > Regardless of how you do it, please know that all options will give you > a snapshot of what will eventually become Maven 4. That means: our > integration tests pass, but there may be known and unknown bugs. Use at > your own risk :-). > > > Having said that, you have several options: > (1) you could download a pre-built archive from Jenkins, our CI server. > You'll find it at [1]. > (2) you can checkout the Maven source code and build it yourself. > You'll find the source code at [2]. You can build and package with mvn > verify, and the result will be in apache-maven/target/. > (3) if you're on Linux or macOS, you may benefit from my personal > side-project [3]. It's a Homebrew "tap" that automatically installs the > latest version it fetches from Jenkins. Note that this is not supported > by the broader Apache Maven community, it's just my side-project. > > > If you decide to give it a try, enjoy! If you think you're running into > an issue, please cross-check against Maven 3.6.3 before submitting an > issue. There will be some "breaking" things - for instance the -P and > -pl arguments behave a little different when you specify a profile that > doesn't exist. > > > I'm not aware of a formal Changelog for Maven 4. I did a partial > write-up a couple of months ago - incomplete for sure, but with some > references for features not described in that blog. You can find it at [4]. > > > Thanks, > > Maarten > > > [1] > https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Maven/job/maven-box/job/maven/job/master/ > [2] https://github.com/apache/maven > [3] https://github.com/mthmulders/homebrew-maven-snapshot/ > [4] https://maarten.mulders.it/2020/11/whats-new-in-maven-4/ > > > On 15/02/2021 16:50, Alexander Suter wrote: > > Hi Guys > > > > First of all thanks for your huge effort! > > > > I really would like to test Maven 4. Is there somewhere a builded > pre-release available? > > Or do I have to build it on my own from the GitHub repo? > > > > Is there also a Changelist somewhere with all your improvements? So that > I can learn > > what I can improve/change in my builds. > > > > Thank you! > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > >
