RE: Maven and preset plugin versions

2008-02-13 Thread Brian E. Fox
esday, February 13, 2008 1:15 PM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Maven and preset plugin versions Well, I can certainly nail the scm plugin one (though adding it to the maven sources and pointing the scm tag at the right location would also do that). My own plugin uses the invoker, but no

Re: Maven and preset plugin versions

2008-02-13 Thread Christian Edward Gruber
Well, I can certainly nail the scm plugin one (though adding it to the maven sources and pointing the scm tag at the right location would also do that). My own plugin uses the invoker, but not the embedder. The exec plugin wouldn't be too hard. Actually, I take back my previous comment a

Re: Maven and preset plugin versions

2008-02-13 Thread Jesse McConnell
> > > -Original Message- > > From: Christian Edward Gruber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11:09 AM > > To: Maven Developers List > > Subject: Re: Maven and preset plugin versions > > > > How can I help? Seriously.

Re: Maven and preset plugin versions

2008-02-13 Thread Christian Edward Gruber
8 11:09 AM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Maven and preset plugin versions How can I help? Seriously. I'd be willing to put some time into it. Christian. On 13-Feb-08, at 13:47 , Brian E. Fox wrote: Yes we do have plans for a touchstone build to test against. Getting one mad

RE: Maven and preset plugin versions

2008-02-13 Thread Brian E. Fox
Developers List Subject: Re: Maven and preset plugin versions How can I help? Seriously. I'd be willing to put some time into it. Christian. On 13-Feb-08, at 13:47 , Brian E. Fox wrote: > Yes we do have plans for a touchstone build to test against. Getting > one > made

Re: Maven and preset plugin versions

2008-02-13 Thread Christian Edward Gruber
ruber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 10:26 AM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Maven and preset plugin versions This is true, but it might be appropriate for the maven core group to provide a criterion (or criteria) for inclusion of the new version. Some so

RE: Maven and preset plugin versions

2008-02-13 Thread Brian E. Fox
ebruary 12, 2008 5:09 PM > To: Maven Developers List > Subject: Re: Maven and preset plugin versions > > Brett, > > I didn't know that. I never knew that kind of feature existed. Can the > minimum recommended version be listed in Maven release notes though? > It > wo

Re: Maven and preset plugin versions

2008-02-13 Thread Christian Edward Gruber
rs List Subject: Re: Maven and preset plugin versions Brett, I didn't know that. I never knew that kind of feature existed. Can the minimum recommended version be listed in Maven release notes though? It would be nice to a have a table with what versions should be used with 2.0.8for the bes

RE: Maven and preset plugin versions

2008-02-12 Thread Brian E. Fox
List Subject: Re: Maven and preset plugin versions Brett, I didn't know that. I never knew that kind of feature existed. Can the minimum recommended version be listed in Maven release notes though? It would be nice to a have a table with what versions should be used with 2.0.8for the be

RE: Maven and preset plugin versions

2008-02-12 Thread Brian E. Fox
Benedict Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 1:23 PM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Maven and preset plugin versions I've been watching the discussions about introducing a fix set of plugin versions per Maven version. I see benefit and drawback to each side of the argument. Here is a

Re: Maven and preset plugin versions

2008-02-12 Thread Brett Porter
It's really the other way around - the Maven core should remain backwards compatible with all plugins. However sometimes core features are introduced that plugins need, and that's when they state a minimum requirement. I do agree that better documenting this in the plugin sites would be hel

Re: Maven and preset plugin versions

2008-02-12 Thread Paul Benedict
Brett, I didn't know that. I never knew that kind of feature existed. Can the minimum recommended version be listed in Maven release notes though? It would be nice to a have a table with what versions should be used with 2.0.8for the best support. Education and visibility on this issue is key, imo

Re: Maven and preset plugin versions

2008-02-12 Thread Brett Porter
But this is how it already works, if I'm reading correctly. The minimum version of Maven for a plugin is specified by the plugin itself in the prerequisites tag - if you use an older version of Maven, you will get the last version of the plugin that worked with it. - Brett On 13/02/2008, a

Maven and preset plugin versions

2008-02-12 Thread Paul Benedict
I've been watching the discussions about introducing a fix set of plugin versions per Maven version. I see benefit and drawback to each side of the argument. Here is another proposal which is dear to my pain :-) Provide the minimal compatible version of each plugin (of group org.apache.maven.plug