Robert I have a very simple question: does surefire master build for you even with jdk7 or 8? I keep asking that but it looks no one has try and no one answer this question. So please first let us know
On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 at 12:22 am, Robert Scholte <rfscho...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi, > > I've noticed some unsatisfying discussions regarding surefire, so let me > try to help moving this forward. > > Here's the situation as I see it: > - Surefire 2.20.1 is the latest released version (2017-09-15) > > - 2.20.1 doesn't use the modulepath yet, that will be part of the next > release. A lot of people are waiting for this even before the official > release of JDK9. > > - Surefire 2.x is is still JDK 1.6 compatible, the requirement of JDK 1.7 > is planned for surefire 3.0.0 > > - 2.20.1 doesn't run on JDK10, it gets an NPE caused by commons-lang when > trying to get the Java version. The version of commons-lang where this is > fixed required JDK 1.7 (which clashes with the previous bullet) > > - After the next version (2.21), surefire will focus on 3.0.0 > > - There's no agreement that the current master works with JDK10. One of > the things I noticed is that you need to run surefire with a special set > of arguments. I haven't been able to build it locally, so I cannot judge > it. > > - Surefire is a huge, complex project and Tibor has taken the > responsibility for maintaining this project. > > What I would like to see is: > - What's blocking a release right now? Is it just CI? Knowing that CI has > changed a lot the last couple of months, did it just expose *unknown > issues* compared to 2.20.1? > - Is the master at its current state already an improvement compared to > 2.20.1? > - What would be the estimated release date for surefire. > - If this date is too unsure or takes too long, can Olivier create a > branch and do a 21.1-JDK10 release? or beta1? > > My main issue is : we should work towards a new release, because 2.20.1 > doesn't work with JDK10 and there's no workaround. > IMHO this doesn't have to be an official surefire release, we can add some > special qualifier to at least help those who need to work with JDK10. > > thanks, > Robert > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > -- Olivier Lamy http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy
