[jbosstools-dev] ACTION REQUIRED: Please review Target Platform 4.40.0.Beta1-SNAPSHOT (before JBT 4.2.0.Beta1 code freeze)

[Nick Boldt]

JBoss Tools Target Platform 4.40.0.Beta1-SNAPSHOT has been created and 
is ready for review.

Please take some time before *Wednesday, March 19* to build your master 
branch component(s) with this new TP.

If you encounter any issues, please post comments here:

https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-16738


Changes
=======

* Luna M6, WTP 3.6M6, birt 4.4.0.v20140311, Jetty 8.1.14 - 
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-16738

* egit, mylyn, m2e, m2e-wtp, mavenarchiver are now coming from Luna 
instead of separate sites (easier to maintain)

* new sapphire features - https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-16665

* Built w/ Tycho 0.20.0

* Other changes: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-16739

Commit details: 
https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-target-platforms/commits/4.40.x


Usage
=====

JBoss Tools 4.2.0.Beta1 will be built against the forthcoming target 
platform 4.40.0.Beta1.

Master branch jobs in Jenkins are already building against 
4.40.0.Beta1-SNAPSHOT.

Stable branch jobs (those with a "4.2.luna" suffix), will be re-enabled 
after the *Beta1 code freeze on Thursday, March 20*, and will be set to 
use 4.40.0.Beta1.

Parent pom 4.2.0.Beta1-SNAPSHOT on master has been updated to use TP 
4.40.0.Beta1-SNAPSHOT.

Download
========

Zip: 
http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/targetplatforms/jbosstoolstarget/4.40.0.Beta1-SNAPSHOT/jbosstoolstarget-4.40.0.Beta1-SNAPSHOT.zip

Update site: 
http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/targetplatforms/jbosstoolstarget/4.40.0.Beta1-SNAPSHOT/REPO/


Testing/Development
===================

This should be used by default if you're using the latest SNAPSHOT of 
parent pom on master, so a simple "mvn clean verify" should be enough to 
build against this new target platform.
For other cases, you can try it out and use it directly like this:

     $ mvn clean verify -Dtpc.version=4.40.0.Beta1-SNAPSHOT

For other usage and help (using in IDE, building a mirror locally, using 
a zip...), please read 
https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-devdoc/blob/master/building/target_platforms/target_platforms_for_consumers.md


What's next?
============

No later than *Wednesday, March 19* the 4.40.Beta1-SNAPSHOT target 
platform will be released into Nexus as 4.40.Beta1, and the github repo 
will be tagged:

https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-target-platforms/releases


-- 
Nick Boldt :: JBoss by Red Hat
Productization Lead :: JBoss Tools & Dev Studio
http://nick.divbyzero.com