From 9576c2eb18f78db837e5b4f8fa46f32e4713f3cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Slawomir Jaranowski Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2022 20:43:31 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clarification in README - maintained versions, issues and PR creation According to clarification we can only test with the latest Maven on GitHub it will save time for executing --- .github/workflows/maven.yml | 2 -- README.md | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml index 39d6743a49..27386c7bb3 100644 --- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml +++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml @@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ jobs: uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml@v3 with: ff-goal: '-P run-its install' # site use project version for reporting - ff-maven: "3.8.6" # Maven version for fail-fast-build verify-goal: '-P run-its install' # should be the same as for first build - maven-matrix: '[ "3.2.5", "3.8.6" ]' # Maven versions matrix for verify builds deploy: name: Deploy diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b2512e9a37..273d759562 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,44 +6,68 @@ This is the [versions-maven-plugin](http://www.mojohaus.org/versions-maven-plugi [![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/org.codehaus.mojo/versions-maven-plugin.svg?label=Maven%20Central)](https://search.maven.org/artifact/org.codehaus.mojo/versions-maven-plugin) [![Build Status](https://github.com/mojohaus/versions-maven-plugin/workflows/GitHub%20CI/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/mojohaus/versions-maven-plugin/actions/workflows/maven.yml?query=branch%3Amaster) +## Maintained versions + +Versions Maven Plugin requires Maven 3.2.5+ and JDK 1.8+ + +However, we maintain the latest Plugin version with the latest Maven. + +We execute tests against different operating systems and JDKs +by [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/mojohaus/versions-maven-plugin/actions/workflows/maven.yml?query=branch%3Amaster) ## Contributing ### Creating Issues -If you find a problem please create an -[issue in the ticket](https://github.com/mojohaus/versions-maven-plugin/issues) +If you find a problem please first search current opened and closed issues and pull requests. +It can be that someone already has reported similar. + +You can also check current [milestone](https://github.com/mojohaus/versions-maven-plugin/milestones) +in order to see what will be in next release. + +Only when you can not find similar issue please create a new one in the +[ticket system](https://github.com/mojohaus/versions-maven-plugin/issues) and describe what is going wrong or what you expect to happen. + If you have a full working example or a log file this is also helpful. + You should of course describe only a single issue in a single ticket and not -mixing up several different things into a single issue. +mixing up several things into a single issue. + +Please always check your issue with the latest Plugin and tha latest Maven version. ### Creating a Pull Request -Before you create a pull request it is necessary to create an issue in +Before you start working on more complicated change, new feature +it is good practice to create an issue in the [ticket system](https://github.com/mojohaus/versions-maven-plugin/issues) -and describe what the problem is or what kind of feature you would like -to add. Afterwards you can create an appropriate pull request. +or send an emil to [development list](https://www.mojohaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/mailing-lists.html) +and describe what the problem is or what kind of feature you would like to add. +Wait a few days for feedback from other contributors. +Afterwards you can create an appropriate pull request. -It is required if you want to get a Pull request to be integrated into please -squash your commits into a single commit which references the issue in the -commit message which looks like this: +It is required if you want to get a pull request to be integrated into please +squash your commits into a single commit which references the optional issue +in the commit message which looks like this: ``` -Fixed #Issue - o Description. +Fixed #Issue - change subject + +a description ``` +Please take consider that change subject will be used in release notes +and will be present in git history so should be enough descriptive. + This makes it simpler to merge it and this will also close the -appropriate issue automatically in one go. This make the life as -maintainer a little bit easier. +appropriate issue automatically in one go. +This make the life as maintainer a little bit easier. A pull request has to fulfill only a single ticket and should never create/add/fix several issues in one, cause otherwise the history is hard to read and to understand and makes the maintenance of the issues and pull request hard or to be honest impossible. - ## Releasing * Make sure `gpg-agent` is running.