Changes in 6.4.0

Bnd/Bndtools 6.4.0

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

Bndtools

• Avoids JVM crash on macOS for an SWT bug when using Bndtools Explorer view.

Bndtools m2e

• Fixed most issues in supporting the latest m2e (2.x).

Bnd

• Bugs fixed in jar signing support.
• Detects recursive macro expansion in properties when processing pom files.
• Added file resource cache to avoid multiple computations of a file's capabilities and requirements (including SHA-256 hash).
• osfile macro fixed to use OS specific separators.
• Baselining now avoids warnings at major version boundaries about missing baseline.
• Detects loops in -include processing.
• Resolving adds a default native capability when not set.

Bnd Command Line

• The old and out-of-date enroute command has been removed.

Documentation

• Updated to remove stale references to old enRoute material.

Bnd Maven Plugins

• Maven plugins all now support the help goals.
• bnd-testing-maven-plugin adds a testFailureIgnore configuration.
• New bnd-generate-maven-plugin plugin.

Bnd Gradle Plugins

• Use of Providers is supported for manifest attribute values.
• The default values for Bundle-SymbolicName and Bundle-Version are now task inputs.

Backward compatibility

• Bndtools is built to run on Eclipse 2020-06 (4.16) or later. So Bndtools may not run on older versions of Eclipse.
• Bndtools m2e is built to run on Eclipse m2e 1.16.0 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 Gradle plugins require a minimum of Gradle 6.7 for Java 8 to Java 15, Gradle 7.0 for Java 16, and Gradle 7.3 for Java 17.
• The Bnd Gradle plugins and tasks underwent a large update in 6.0 to modernize their implementations and prepare for Gradle 7 and newer Gradle idioms. All Bnd Gradle task properties are now Gradle Properties and should generally be set using an assignment in your build script. A number of previously deprecated task properties have been removed. The conventions are now deprecated and replaced by extensions.

Known Issues

• Eclipse m2e has a bug which can result in build looping. If you experience this, update Eclipse m2e to 1.18.2 or later which seems to have fixed the issue.

• 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.