Add support for RESTEasy

[asoldano]

I'd like the RESTEasy starter (https://github.com/resteasy/resteasy-spring-boot) to be integrated in start.spring.io; the project was initially created at PayPal (https://github.com/paypal/resteasy-spring-boot) and then donated to Red Hat, where it's currently maintained by the same team (currently reporting to me) of the RESTEasy core.
The most recent release of the starter pulls Spring Boot 2.0.3.RELEASE and RESTEasy 3.6.0.Final (released on June 29th); on master we're already pulling the latest SpringBoot (2.0.4) and RESTEasy core (3.6.1.Final, released yesterday) and we definitely want to stay in synch in the future.
Please tell which additional information / action from our side you need. Thanks.

[snicoll]

Thanks @asoldano

There are some validations we need to apply (see also the guidelines for a description of what we're looking at).

Before we start, it seems that 2.0.0.Final is not available on Maven central. Am I missing something?

[asoldano]

@snicoll thanks. As for the availability on Maven Central, it's weird. We do releases on the JBoss repository, which is automatically synchronized with central for a selection of group/artifact ids. Previous versions were properly copied and I guess 2.0.0.Final was too, then it disappeared, judging from https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.jboss.resteasy/resteasy-spring-boot-starter . Maybe I can release 2.0.1.Final and see if it's properly copied or what...

[asoldano]

@snicoll I've just released 2.0.1.Final (that way we also move to latest SpringBoot and RESTEasy core dependencies), let's see if it's properly propagated to central in the next hours..

[asoldano]

@snicoll OK, 2.0.1.Final is available on Maven Central, so I'd say the problem is solved: http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/jboss/resteasy/resteasy-spring-boot-starter/2.0.1.Final/resteasy-spring-boot-starter-2.0.1.Final.pom

[snicoll]

@asoldano we've reviewed this and noticed you don't have a compatibility build against Spring Boot 2.1 (the current production line). We've also put a process in place in the meantime that we'd like you to follow to validate we have all we need. You can follow the process by creating a new issue and selecting the "New entry proposal" option. Thank you.

[asoldano]

@snicoll OK. The upgrade to Spring Boot 2.1 is already being worked. Will have someone from the team open up a new proposal with the new process as soon the 2.1 upgrade is complete.