Do we have the list of planned API changes? Most changes can likely be limited using a "request/response object" pattern (so we can add data without breaking instead of passing N parameters), new methods dont break, so ultimately we are not worse than 3.9.x in terms of stability if we respect that or do respect that in the future.
My point is that we can say the exact same reasons to never release v4 whereas it is adopted by several people since months now so we should let it go and handle bugs as bugs and not as RC which doesnt mean anything anymore IMHO. Romain Manni-Bucau @rmannibucau <https://x.com/rmannibucau> | .NET Blog <https://dotnetbirdie.github.io/> | Blog <https://rmannibucau.github.io/> | Old Blog <http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com> | Github <https://github.com/rmannibucau> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau> | Book <https://www.packtpub.com/en-us/product/java-ee-8-high-performance-9781788473064> Le ven. 23 mai 2025 à 19:32, Benjamin Marwell <bmarw...@apache.org> a écrit : > -1 for release, +1 for rc4. > Reason: What Sylwester said, plus Nikita from JetBrains asking nicely. > They (JB) would love to see API stability so they can ship an IntelliJ > IDEA release in time with Maven 4. > This of course applies to all other IDEs. > > Nikita is on #maven in slack, maybe also subscribed here? idk. > > Anyway, really strong reasons to do an RC4 first. > This should not be hasted. > > - Ben > > Am Fr., 23. Mai 2025 um 00:05 Uhr schrieb Sylwester Lachiewicz > <slachiew...@gmail.com>: > > > > I would go for rc4 because we still have API changes after rc3 and our > > plugins needs adjustments that could again require another, smaller > > changes. > > With current state of plugins 4.x they can't be used with latest (master) > > version so we could offer only 3.x for Maven 4. > > Not so big issue for many users but without semi automatic way to move > > plugin to new public API we are selling new "untested internally". > > > > In my opinion, if we could have releases of core plugins based on rc4 API > > and our CI/CD pipelines runs also under Maven 4 - it would be safer. > > > > Sylwester > > > > śr., 21 maj 2025, 08:12 użytkownik Guillaume Nodet <gno...@apache.org> > > napisał: > > > > > Hey Maven Devs, > > > > > > We're gearing up to release a new version from the master branch. I'm > > > thinking we should go for 4.0.0 instead of rc-4. What do you all > think? Any > > > feedback or ideas on the versioning or release plan? Let’s hear it! > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Guillaume > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >
