Last month, I started a process where we should be looking at plugin status once a quarter. In addition to that, we should update the plugin matrix to list the number of open issues for a given plugin.
Right now, the priority is on documentation, and then rounding up some of the plugins that you've mentioned. Help is always welcome :) - Brett On 2/19/06, Brian E. Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1. Some of the very important plugins seem to have very infrequent > releases (war, jar etc). It seems that the release frequency is inversly > proportional to the importance of the plugin. > > -----Original Message----- > From: dan tran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 12:45 PM > To: Maven Users List > Subject: Re: Policy for releasing plugins > > I release my plugins weekly within my comp. But I'd like to see maven's > plugin release more often as well. > > -Dan > > > > On 2/17/06, Jochen Wiedmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I would like to discuss the policy for releasing plugins. My > > impression is, that most plugin developers policy can be described as > > follows: > > > > - Be careful. We could break something. > > - There's a change. Goes to SVN. Fine! > > - Some weeks later. Nothing happened. Ok, possibly it works. We'll > > publish a "beta 1" > > version. > > - More weeks later. Perhaps its time for an RC1. > > - Months later. Release > > > > I appreciate such a behavior for large projects like the Maven core. I > > > don't think so for plugins, however. Plugins have a completely > > different characteristic: > > > > - They are small components, typically maintained by one or two > > programmers only. > > - They can be controlled. > > - Publishing them doesn't take much work. > > - If a problem should be found, it can be fixed really fast. > > > > In other words, a better policy for plugins seems to me to be the > > "release early, release often" mantra, which we know from Perl > > modules. Indeed, they can very well be compared. > > > > What do you think? > > > > Jochen > > > > -- > > Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > > pause and reflect. > > (Mark Twain) > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
