Unlock opensaml-parent ?

[Tom Zeller]

On Oct 26, 2015, at 4:20 AM, Rod Widdowson <rdw at steadingsoftware.com> wrote:

>> Also, I've been wondering about upgrading the TestNG plugin for Maven.
>> That would seem to require a parent version bump across all projects, 
> 
> Sorry, I don't understand this stuff at all, and so keep clear of the
> discussions leaving it to my betters to discuss; but here I have to ask:
> Why?  In my limited understanding the parent version is to do with our
> shipping versions (even if we are the sole customer) and test artefacts are
> completely orthogonal to what we release..

Right. We specify the TestNG version (both as a Maven plugin and as a dependency) in the parent POM. So we either declare the  TestNG version in each project or the parent, but it's unclear to me how to version our artifacts either way for such a change.

> I suppose the obverse question is, if we upgrade the java which is installed
> do we bump the parent version?  That really *does* affect the shipped
> artefact.

The source and target Java level, yes.