Changes in 5.3.0

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BJ Hargrave edited this page Dec 15, 2020 · 21 revisions

Bnd/Bndtools 5.3.0

Bndtools

TBD

Bndtools m2e

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Bnd

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Bnd Command Line

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Documentation

Documented -maven-dependencies and -maven-scope instructions which add <dependency> information to the generated pom. These instructions have been supported since 4.2.0 but were not documented.

Bnd Maven Plugins

TBD

Bnd Gradle Plugins

The Bnd Gradle plugins now require a minimum of Gradle 5.3 for Java 8 to Java 12 and Gradle 6.0 for Java 13.

Backward compatibility

Bndtools is built to run on Eclipse 2018-12 or later. So Bndtools 5.0 may not run on older versions of Eclipse.
The Bnd Gradle plugins no longer work on versions of Gradle less than 5.3.

Known Issues

Windows 10 users: Windows 10 Defender significantly slows down Eclipse, reason being Windows 10 Defender scanning the JAR files. The problem has been reported to Microsoft here. Until then, a workaround to this problem is to add Eclipse root directory to Windows 10 Defender’s exclusion list, detailed steps are shared here.

Note: This is not just an Eclipse issue on Windows 10.

See also Bnd Tips for Windows users.