Joe Schmetzer

@hamcrest/hamcrest-java-devs: this looks like a misconfiguration in https://github.com/hamcrest/hamcrest.github.com I don't have full access to that repo, so I can't see the settings. Can someone with access have a look?

This looks like a lot of extra complexity for not a lot of benefit. What problem does this fix? Is there a specific use case this change addresses?

Ah! I just read #248, I see the use case you're concerned about

Can you show some sample code that demonstrates the problem? I'd be curious to see your `IsNumberEquiv`. Feel free to raise a PR, if you're keen.

Hi @tomwhoiscontrary, I'm preparing a new release (issue #224). I think this should be in the release, but I'm concerned it's been 3 years since the last check. Are you...

I'd love to get better support for lamdas and other Java 8 features into Hamcrest. At the moment, Hamcrest 1.x works with Java 5 and greater, Hamcrest 2.x works with...

This seems like a reasonable improvement. Are you able to create a pull request with these changes?

I was the last publisher, way back when. I'd be happy to help set you up as a publisher. It's been a long time, but looking at https://central.sonatype.org/publish/publish-guide/ I think...

Good point @mkurz. xz was a pretty big wake up to potentially malicious actors. However, I am familiar with Oli and his work on [jmock](https://github.com/jmock-developers/jmock-library/commits?author=olibye), one of the [libraries that...

Yep, that's correct. My memory, I raised in issue in the Sonatype OSS Jira instance asking for publish permission to the group 'org.hamcrest'. Nat (an existing publisher in that group)...