java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid version number: Version number may be negative or greater than 255

[eclipse-birt]

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid version number: Version number may be negative or greater than 255

[ruspl-afed]

According to the trace VersionInfo is used from com.ibm.icu.text.SimpleDateFormat that has 172 usages in our source base

[Adi-raj-2021]

Hi Team,

Please confirm about the issue resolution and newer version release of Birt

Thanks

[wimjongman]

Thanks for reporting. The version of ICU that we use is too old. We need to upgrade to the latest ICU version.

[wimjongman]

Please attach (not paste in comment) a full stacktrace.

[Adi-raj-2021]

birt_stacktrace.txt
Please find the attached file to get full stacktrace.

Thanks

[Adi-raj-2021]

Hi Team,

Just have few queries
As I checked the latest released Birt modules i.e
https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.birt
https://download.eclipse.org/birt/downloads/drops/
https://download.eclipse.org/birt/downloads/drops/I-R1-4.9.0-201905231911/

May I know this issue covered in which next probable release?
What is the tracking id for this issue?
The current Birt release containing the jar named as "com.ibm.icu_63.1.0.v20181030-1705.jar" , so please let me know what version would be the next release of com.ibm.icu jar?
At what time we expect the fix for this issue ?

These information we needed, as asked by our product management team to keep track this issue to fix in our product.

Thanks

[wimjongman]

This is the tracking issue for this fix.

The snapshot download location can be found in the README.MD: https://github.com/eclipse/birt

Instead of waiting for us to implement a new version of ICU you can also patch the source to NOT use the Version class and create a pull request.

[Adi-raj-2021]

Okay.
I am not too aware how to create pull request for the same. I did not use git in past.
So can you please share the detailed steps how to do that. It will be helpful

Thanks

[SteveSchafer-Innovent]

As mentioned by the OP, the version currently used in https://github.com/eclipse/birt is com.ibm.icu_63.1.0.v20181030-1705. I've verified that VersionInfo.java is identical to the one in icu4j version 63.1, so the issue should be fixed in the 4.9 release.

FYI, that plugin comes from https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.11 which is specified in org.eclipse.birt.target.target. The most recent version of updates is 4.20, which has a more recent version of com.ibm.icu, which covers more recent versions of unicode. Perhaps it would be a good idea to upgrade to updates 4.20, if it doesn't conflict with anything. I'll give that a try.

Update: That didn't work. updates 4.20 causes a dependency on jetty 10 which isn't provisioned in p2. This is addressed in issue #621.

[ruspl-afed]

@SteveSchafer-Innovent we have https://download.eclipse.org/tools/orbit/downloads/drops/R20190226160451/ in target, and this Orbit drop contains icu4j version 63.1
I suggest to mention what we need in our target explicitly:

...
		<location includeAllPlatforms="false" includeConfigurePhase="true" includeMode="planner" includeSource="true" type="InstallableUnit">
			<repository location="https://download.eclipse.org/tools/orbit/downloads/drops/R20190226160451/repository/"/>
			<unit id="com.ibm.icu" version="63.1.0"/>
...

and also add version constraints to our bundles that uses com.ibm.icu

[Adi-raj-2021]

Hi Team,

Please let us know if the new Birt module available for download which having the fix for this issue.
Also share the version of new Birt release.(which covering under 4.9 milestone)

Thanks

[Adi-raj-2021]

If new Birt release is not available yet , what is the expected date of release?
(As per the milestone 4.9 , it showing due date 15 sept , please confirm)

[wimjongman]

Fixed.