[che-dev] Deprecation and removal of che-server maven artifacts (Che 7.2

[Nick Boldt <nboldt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Since we now live in a container world, publishing maven artifacts is an outdated construct. 

And since we also now live in a typescript/nodejs/golang world, only 1 small part of the Che build/release process still depends on Maven at all, with everything else having already moved to other languages and other publishing methods.

As such, it's time to move away from publishing these maven artifacts. We'd like to deprecate as of 7.26.0 (Feb 10) and cease publishing the che server and che parent artifacts in April 2020, starting with Che 7.29.0 (April 14).

If you have any technical objections to this plan, please reply to this thread or comment on the issue below. We'd like to formalize this plan in time for the start of the 7.26 release next week. 

>> https://github.com/eclipse/che/issues/18941 <<

Thanks,

Nick

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