Le mercredi 1 avril 2026, 00:46:54 CEST Elliotte Rusty Harold a écrit : > +1 for B, -1 for A for reasons I've been bringing up repeatedly for > the last six years or so, of which the most significant is being able > to use the large and rich XML toolbox to process POMs instead of > special purpose maven libraries. > > I'll also note that people continue to create new reasons that simply > aren't true. In particular, consumer POMs stay in the > http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 namespace no matter what, (or at > least that's what I've been told repeatedly) so there is no option for > a "simplified consumer POM like: <project > xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.1.0";>" The new namespace is only > for build POMs.
yes, sorry, typo: "of course", we're talking about what devs write and store in their source control = build POM for Maven 4 (consumer POM yes remains Maven 3, and users don't write them so don't really care) I'll send an updated vote, for sake of precision Regards, Hervé > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 9:22 PM Hervé Boutemy <[email protected]> wrote: > > after a long discussion on consequences of each choice, it's time to make > > a > > decision: > > > > option A: > > keep 4.1.0 XML namespace that permits modelVersion inference since 4.0.0- > > alpha-6 > > = promote simplified consumer POM like: > > <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.1.0";> > > ... > > </project> > > > > > > option B: > > revert to 4.0.0 XML namespace, forcing explicit modelVersion back: > > <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0";> > > > > <modelVersion>4.1.0</modelVersion> > > > > ... > > </project> > > = finish the revert PR https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/10952 > > > > > > > > no discussion please, even less digression, just a majority vote to make a > > final decision and let us work on the few other topics necessary to > > release > > Maven 4.0.0 after years of hard work. > > > > > > just a majority vote: > > A. <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.1.0";> > > or > > B. <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0";> > > > > vote open for at least 72h > > > > Regards, > > > > Hervé > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
