Re: [jbosstools-dev] Parent pom updated! Minimum/default target platform used in master branch (4.1/7.0) now points at Kepler M4 bits, with M5 coming next week; Juno&Kepler TPs will remove unneeded IUs next week

On 01/30/2013 12:08 PM, Nick Boldt wrote: > 1. > > It was decided today that because we can't build ALL of JBoss Tools > using Juno, we should build everything with Kepler instead. (Hibernate > Tools depends on Dali, which broke API again. Since JavaEE project > depends on Hibernate Tools, this affects a large chunk of our stack.) > > This is in keeping with past years, where each release is not > backwards-compatible w/ its previous due to changes at Eclipse > preventing it. (eg., in JBT 4.0, we tried to build on both Indigo and > Juno, and ultimately decided we should be building on Juno. Again, > Hibernate Tools / Dali caused this.) > > If you want to build locally against Juno instead of Kepler for your own > tests/sanity checks, use this: > > mvn verify -DTARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION=4.20.5.Final-SNAPSHOT #JunoSR0 > mvn verify -DTARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION=4.21.3.Final-SNAPSHOT #JunoSR1 Would be good to have something easy to remember like mvn verify -PJunoSR0 mvn verify -PJunoSR1 > > This is now the default behaviour (-D flag not needed): > > mvn verify -DTARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION=4.30.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT #KeplerM4 > > -- > > 2. > > Next week, I will be moving TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION to > 4.30.1.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT, which will include updated Kepler M5 bits > (including m2e/m2e-wtp updates). > > -- > > 3. > > In addition to moving to Kepler M5, I will also be removing UML2, > Graphiti & Zest, which will hereinafter be included on the new JBTIS > (Integration Stack, formerly SOA Tooling) target platform. This will be > done for *BOTH JUNO and KEPLER TARGET PLATFORMS.* > > If you are in charge of a JBoss Tools 4.1 or 4.0 (Core) project and need > UML2, Graphiti, or Zest, let me know BEFORE next week, and we can > discuss keeping those reqs in the target platform for your use. > Otherwise I'll assume no one needs them, and they're safe to purge. > > -- > > Once the cruft has been cleaned, new TPs will be released & linked into > the usual places [1], [2]: > > 4.20.6.Final-SNAPSHOT #JunoSR0 (6th respin) > 4.21.4.Final-SNAPSHOT #JunoSR1 (4th respin) > 4.30.1.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT #KeplerSR0, 1rst respin Why are you releasing versions with SNAPSHOT suffix? What is wrong with just 4.20.6.Final? Denis > > [1] http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/juno/ > [2] http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/kepler/ > > By the way, if you're looking to pull a target platform site zip and use > it locally, we've relocated them here: > > http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/targetplatforms/jbosstoolstarget/ > > Question, comments, fear & loathing, or any other feedback... send it > here. > > Cheers, >