Re: Fedora Maven? [was: Re: Fedora ? Java: The Death of Two SIGs]

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> Am 08.10.2021 um 14:11 schrieb Kevin Kofler via devel <devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> Mario Torre wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 2:11 AM Kevin Kofler via devel wrote:
>>> And that is actually a problem rather than a solution. Maven artifacts
>>> are basically write once only. Everything depends on a hardcoded version
>>> which, once uploaded, is normally never touched again. This means that
>>> security bugs and other bugs never get fixed (unless the application
>>> bumps the dependency version, which can take months or years or even just
>>> never happen). That is exactly what the RPM system is designed to avoid.
>> 
>> Well, that's why it should be "curated" and not just a mirror of maven
>> central.
> 
> No amount of "curating" can fix this inherent design limitation of Maven.

Maven may have a lot of design limitations, but this scenario is none of them. No build system can completely compensate a careless developer or system administrator.

And what is the alternative? If we don't find a way to make building Java application rpm easier, there will be no Fedora rpm for many applications at all. And then, what happens? The sysadmin installs a binary from some source. And then happens exactly what you fear: The program runs forever and  
>  that opens all sorts of cans of worms (caching, reproducibility, 
> changed checksums, etc.).


Peter

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