Changes in 7.0.0

Bnd/Bndtools 7.0.0

See the Release section of the README for where to find Bnd/Bndtools.

Bndtools

• Bndtools now requires Eclipse 4.25 (2022-09) or later.

Bndtools m2e

• Bndtools m2e now requires Eclipse m2e 2.0.5 or later.

Bnd

• Updated to require Java 17.

Bnd Command Line

• TBD

Documentation

• TBD

Bnd Maven Plugins

• Updated to require Java 17.
• bnd-generate-maven-plugin adds a mojo for goal generate-test. The poorly named goal bnd-generate has been renamed generate.

Bnd Gradle Plugins

• Updated to use Gradle 7.3 as the minimum supported Gradle version.
• Updated to require Java 17 or later when running Gradle.

Backward compatibility

• All Bnd artifacts are built to run on Java 17 or later.
• Bndtools is built to run on Eclipse 4.25 (2022-09) or later. So Bndtools may not run on older versions of Eclipse.
• Bndtools m2e is built to run on Eclipse m2e 2.0.5 or later. So Bndtools m2e may not run on older versions of Eclipse m2e.
• The Bnd Maven plugins require a minimum of Maven 3.3.9. The bnd-generate-maven-plugin's poorly named goal bnd-generate has been renamed generate
• The Bnd Gradle plugins require a minimum of Gradle 7.3.
• The Bnd Gradle plugins and tasks underwent an update for 7.0. A number of previously deprecated conventions have been removed.

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.