+1 for option 3

sob., 6 lut 2021, 14:43 użytkownik Tamás Cservenák <ta...@cservenak.net>
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> +1 fot option 3: we drag so much of legacy, that m4 really should accept
> maven 3.1+ plugins only (covers 14 years?).
>
> T
>
> On Sat, Feb 6, 2021, 14:32 Robert Scholte <rfscho...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> > (I'm not sure if this has already been discussed on the dev-list, but I
> > can't find any related thread)
> >
> > Plugins that depend on maven-core 2.x will pull in Wagon, which causes
> > unwanted behavior (it will superseed the one bundled with Maven for that
> > plugin).
> >
> > MNG-7020 asks for removing this class, but that would imply that such
> > (old) plugin would again have the unwanted behavior in Maven 4.
> >
> > I don't think we should assume that old plugins aren't used anymore.
> >
> > There are a couple of options to solve this.
> >
> > 1. Indeed delete WagonExcluder, accept that users of of such old plugin
> > will have unwanted behavior without warning
> >
> > 2. Replace WagonExcluder with Maven2Excluded. This would solve one
> awkward
> > fact: for plugins Maven always downloads dependencies of maven, but often
> > an older version? Why download, if they are being removed from the
> > classpath afterwards due to classworld config[1]?
> >
> > 3. Throw an exception in case Maven2 compatible plugins are being used.
> > This will force the user to update those plugins before being able to
> build
> > the project.
> >
> > 4. Keep it as it is, so we will have consistent behavior.
> >
> > Right now I think option 3 is an elegant way to be able to move forward
> > without being blocked by deprecated Maven 2 code. We can assume at least
> > Maven3 compatible plugins. And it fits in a model of any future release
> > where we can define at Maven Core what the minimum required plugin
> > compatibility version is.
> >
> > WDYT?
> > Robert
> >
> > [1]
> >
> https://github.com/apache/maven/blob/master/maven-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/extension.xml
>

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