improving semantic versioning checking in our builds

[Marshall Schor]

The semver checker we use ( https://github.com/jeluard/semantic-versioning )
says on it's github:

/This library is in dormant state and won't add any new feature. You might want
to consider japicmd <https://github.com/siom79/japicmp> instead./

I looked at the referenced link, and it looks a lot better - it has support for
multiple kinds of checking, and produces nice reports with all the details of
changes.

See for example the configuration example here:
https://github.com/siom79/japicmp/blob/master/src/site/markdown/MavenPlugin.md
and notice the variety of kinds of checks:

|<breakBuildOnModifications> <breakBuildOnBinaryIncompatibleModifications>
<breakBuildOnSourceIncompatibleModifications>
<breakBuildBasedOnSemanticVersioning> <breakBuildIfCausedByExclusion>
<onlyBinaryIncompatible>|

Perhaps we should switch to using this one. What do others think?

-Marshall

[Marshall Schor]

Here's a link to japicmp project, it's Apache 2.0 licensed :-)

http://siom79.github.io/japicmp/

Here's a link that shows the formatted report of changes it produces:

https://siom79.github.io/japicmp/japicmp/japicmp.html

-Marshall

Post by Marshall Schor
The semver checker we use ( https://github.com/jeluard/semantic-versioning )
/This library is in dormant state and won't add any new feature. You might want
to consider japicmd <https://github.com/siom79/japicmp> instead./
I looked at the referenced link, and it looks a lot better - it has support for
multiple kinds of checking, and produces nice reports with all the details of
changes.
https://github.com/siom79/japicmp/blob/master/src/site/markdown/MavenPlugin.md
|<breakBuildOnModifications> <breakBuildOnBinaryIncompatibleModifications>
<breakBuildOnSourceIncompatibleModifications>
<breakBuildBasedOnSemanticVersioning> <breakBuildIfCausedByExclusion>
<onlyBinaryIncompatible>|
Perhaps we should switch to using this one. What do others think?
-Marshall