[fedora-java] XMvn 0.5.1 release notes

[Mikolaj Izdebski]

On 07/22/2013 10:21 AM, Aleksandar Kurtakov wrote:
>>> Does it mean that from now on XMvn new features will be strictly Maven
>>> 3.1.0+ ?
>>> Aka new features will not be backported to F19 ? I assume that Maven 3.1
>>> will not be.
>>
>> Yes.  All new features are added to rawhide or pre-alpha Fedora
>> branched.  After feature freeze no new features will be added.
> 
> OK, I just wanted to double check as in the case of macros+friends it makes sense to backport them when possible (no breakage expected) so we can get simpler guidelines sooner.

For simple macros and other things that cannot possibly break anything,
yes, it makes sense to backport them.  But XMvn is too essential to
Fedora Java stack.  This combined with poor test coverage makes it too
risky to backport any major version.

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Mikolaj Izdebski
Software Engineer, Red Hat
IRC: mizdebsk