New Release: hamcrest-2.1-rc1

[Joe Schmetzer]

Folks,

I have just published a new pre-release version of Hamcrest: version 2.1-rc1

https://github.com/hamcrest/JavaHamcrest/releases/tag/v2.1-rc1

Although the version has jumped from 1.3 to 2.1-rc1, I don't believe there are any breaking changes at the code level. However, the packaging has changed in ways that *might* break things.

`hamcrest-core` and `hamcrest-library` have been merged into a single library called just plain `hamcrest`. The means that the way that hamcrest is imported into your project will need to change.

For gradle:

dependencies {
    testImplementation 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest:2.1-rc1'
}

For maven:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
    <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
    <version>2.1-rc1</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

I'd appreciate it if people gave this version a test to see if it breaks anything for you. Report any problems on this thread, or the relevant issue at https://github.com/hamcrest/JavaHamcrest/issues/224

Thanks,

Joe

[Joe Schmetzer]

I have had some feedback about rc1, and I've made some tweaks for backwards compatibility. I've just released Hamcrest 2.1-rc4. I'd appreciate feedback before I prepare the final release.

• Release notes: https://github.com/hamcrest/JavaHamcrest/releases
• Release discussion and feedback: https://github.com/hamcrest/JavaHamcrest/issues/224

Can people please test this out?

Thanks,

Joe