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javanettasks 1.0.8 and maven-javanet-plugin 1.5

Java.net has upgraded its system and with that came a lot of changes to the web interface. This broke javanettasks, which does HTML scraping internally to provide a programatic access to java.net.

So today I posted javanettasks 1.0.8 and maven-javanet-plugin 1.5 to cope with these differences. If you are using those, be sure to update!

I also had to update all sorts of automation systems, like logger, project approval automation, maven repository daemon, role request handler, etc, etc.

Comments

• Kohsuke,

  I agree with you completely; this upgrade is absolutely nothing to be proud of. It has broken many things on my site too, I am sure many other's as well. Most of my internal links now abort in servlet proxying errors. The graphics are all skewed as well.

  Apparently no one tests these so-called improvements first, preferring instead to simply trash the system. Sigh.

  Posted by: cajo on March 01, 2006 at 08:18 PM

• 
  I guess I don't have a right to complain. I got notified about this upcoming migration some time ago, and they even gave me access to the test site that runs the new system. So I should have checked if the javanettasks library works OK with this new version, but I just didn't do it.

  
  On the bright side, I noticed that the system now sends out the date header that allows browser to use Last-Modified-If, and this should improve the user experience.

  Posted by: kohsuke on March 01, 2006 at 09:46 PM

• Any clue when we will be getting SVN support on there? They have been mentioning it for quite some time now.

  Posted by: malachid on March 02, 2006 at 12:37 PM

• That's right. I'll ask.

  Posted by: kohsuke on March 02, 2006 at 09:59 PM

• Hi Kohsuke, Cajo and Malachid -

  Sorry for the delay in feedback to this thread. I just want to respond to some of the comments:
  - We did have some problems post-upgrade, but most have been addressed at this point. System functionality and performance are very important to us
  - John, I do hope the problems you encountered at the cajo project have been resolved, but if not, feel free to log an issue for us at https://java-net.dev.java.net/servlets/ProjectIssues.
  - Notes on the upgrade features can be found at: https://java-net.dev.java.net/upgrade_notes35.html.
  - Malachid, Subversion has been enabled as an option for new projects on java.net. You will see the option when you create a new project! :-)

  Thank you very much for your patience and support with the recent problems. Always feel free to speak up when you have questions/problems/feedback. We have many ways for you to contact us, see https://java-net.dev.java.net/sitemap.html for more information.

  I hope this helps to alleviate concern. Keeping the site up and providing the latest functionality to you is truly our highest concern.

  Best wishes,
  Helen Chen
  java.net Site Manager

  
  

  Posted by: helen on March 13, 2006 at 12:03 PM

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