Re: [jgit-dev] Introduction of new dependency (Apache Commons Codec or G

[Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 5:20 PM Mark Waite <mark.earl.waite@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I agree with Ned that JGit is a common dependency and its semantic versioning is very helpful.  Guava upgrades in the Jenkins project were quite painful and resulted in many cases of Guava references being removed rather than upgraded.  I'd prefer that JGit not include Guava unless the existence of Guava inside JGit is hidden from JGit consumers (like Jenkins).  I don't want to bring Guava into the Jenkins git client plugin.

Thanks. Let me try commons-codec then, and see how it goes.