No, it's because 2.0.8 is not backwards compatible with 2.0.6, as documented in the release notes.
On 10/12/2007, Michael McCallum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > its just coincidental that surefire 2.3.1 was released at the same time as > 2.0.8... > > if you specify surefire 2.3 or less in you pluginManagement then the tests > will start working again... of course its best practice to specify plugin > versions anyway so magic upgrades don't break things > > On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:30:25 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > We were using maven 2.0.6 in a team with Artifactory as a proxy. > > > > I then upgrade my environment to 2.0.8. A whole bunch of new plugins get > > fetched. > > > > Other people were using 2.0.6 but it appears that they also get a whole > > heap of new plugins. > > > > As a result, test cases in another project which had worked before now > > failed for people running 2.0.6. It appears that the problem is with > > classpath ordering - for some reason with 2.0.6 and the new bunch of > > plugins, src/main/resources gets picked up before src/test/resources and > > so it doesn't load the resources for test cases. > > > > So what happens now is that everyone has to abandon 2.0.6 to 2.0.8. > > > > Can someone offer any explanation how this could happen? > > > > It concerns me that someone running 2.0.6 would now be forced to move to > > 2.0.8 simply because I decided to upgrade to 2.0.8 in my own environment > > and project? Is the automatic plugin update a problem here? > > > > I don't understand how automatic plugin update works but how would one > > guarantee repeatable builds ? esp with the releases that have been tagged > > and potentailly checked out for build later. > > > > > > rOnn c. > > ###################################################################### > > DISCLAIMER: > > This email and any attachment may contain confidential information. > > If you are not the intended recipient you are not authorized to copy > > or disclose all or any part of it without the prior written consent > > of Toyota. > > > > Opinions expressed in this email and any attachments are those of the > > sender and not necessarily the opinions of Toyota. > > Please scan this email and any attachment(s) for viruses. > > Toyota does not accept any responsibility for problems caused by > > viruses, whether it is Toyota's fault or not. > > ###################################################################### > > > > -- > Michael McCallum > Enterprise Engineer > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Brett Porter Blog: http://www.devzuz.org/blogs/bporter/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
