Le 08/01/2012 12:11, Christian Grobmeier a écrit : > On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 6:21 AM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> > wrote: >> >> On Jan 7, 2012, at 11:44 AM, Luc Maisonobe wrote: >> >>> Le 07/01/2012 15:36, Gary Gregory a écrit : >>>>> >>>> >>>> When can we drop support for M2? >>> >>> I guess there are still a lot of m2 users, and for the next few years >>> there will still be many. At least when I run an "aptitude search maven" >>> on my Debian Linux box, I only see maven 2 supported. Getting rid of >>> maven 2 is not an option for me now. >> > > Out of curiosity: why can't you run m3 on debian linux? m3 is java, > you should be able to download it and place it in your path.
I probably could. I simply did not try yet, and relied only on what was provided by the distribution. > I thought everybody who wants to build commons components himself > should be able to install m3 on every plattform with java around. Or > do I miss something? My point is simply that requiring very specific tools or tools versions that require specific knowledge or installation should be avoided if possible. We don't have the resources to help users installing these tools too. Luc > >> I'm not sure how it is relevant whether commons users use maven 2 or 3. Even >> if we require Maven 3 to build a commons component anyone can still use it >> in a Maven 2 build. They only would require Maven 3 if they actually want to >> build one of our artifacts on their own. > > +1 > > Cheers > Christian > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
