New in m2e 0.12.1 – Maven 3.0.2, Async HTTP Client
Today we are releasing m2e 0.12.1. Despite our previous announcement that 0.12.0 would be the last version made available from Sonatype, we have decided to cut this point release to make available new versions of the m2e dependencies.
Most notably, this release includes recently released Maven 3.0.2 embedded runtime and an updated version of Async HTTP Client that resolves all known issues reported against m2e 0.12.0, and thus helps make m2e work better in corporate environments.
As usual this version of m2e is made available from the Eclipse Marketplace and from http://m2eclipse.sonatype.org/sites/m2e/.
Enjoy!
m2e at Eclipse: What will this mean for you?
As previously mentioned we are in the process of moving m2e to the Eclipse Foundation. Currently we are going over the implications of this move from an end-user perspective and an m2e extension developer’s perspective.
From an end-user perspective this means a wider availability of m2eclipse, but more importantly it means an alignment of m2e with the main Eclipse components and also with the Eclipse releases. m2e will be participating in the Indigo release train and we have asked for its inclusion in the Java Developer Package.
Eclipse is known for IP cleanliness. Through its very thorough IP review process, the Eclipse Foundation has been known to only make available code with a very clear pedigree. In fact, it is this very process that prevented us from moving our code to Eclipse a couple years ago. We now have addressed all the issues uncovered in this initial attempt.
You may wonder, how does this help me? It does not make m2e run faster, or better? You are right, but it helps where you can’t see. It helps making someone in your management chain more comfortable with the usage of m2e, but also enables m2e for inclusion into more Eclipse-based products and to some extent favor the creation of m2e extensions.
From an extender perspective, this move means work. In fact, since m2e namespace will now be org.eclipse.m2e instead of org.maven.ide, m2e extension developers will to be forced to change their code to have their extensions work with the new m2e. Despite our commitment to work in Eclipse 3.7 (Indigo), m2e is still targeted to work on Eclipse 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7, which means that you should not have to maintain two branches of your code one for the “old” Sonatype m2e and one for the new Eclipse m2e.
Overall despite the initial hurdle that can result from this sort of move, we are deeply convinced that it is a great opportunity for the m2e community at large.
m2e 0.12 release and the future of m2e
Sonatype recently announced the availability of m2eclipse 0.12. This release includes support for Maven 3.0 and many improvements in the HTTP transport code. This should be the last release made available from the Sonatype servers. But not to worry, we are not stopping the development. In fact, quite conversely, we are ramping up our efforts on the m2eclipse core and moving m2e to the Eclipse foundation.
At this point, the move has not been completed as we are still working with the Eclipse IP team to get all our code and dependencies reviewed. If all goes well, we are hoping to have everything moved to the Eclipse Foundation by mid-December. In the meantime the development is still happening on github but under the new org.eclipse.m2e name-space. We will keep you posted when the code has been completed moved.
