I think I've figured out what's going on. If you compare cq-quickstart-6.1.0-apis.jar with aem-api-6.0.0.1.jar in a java decompiler (e.g. http://jd.benow.ca/) you'll notice that the 6.1 version is trying to provide an "empty" API; i.e. all the logic has been removed and every class method returns nu...

I can get past the bytecode error by adding the sling dependency directly to the plugin definition. But it just opens a rabbit hole of further build errors.                  <plugin>                    <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>                    <artifactId>maven-scr-plugin</artifactId>  ...

I am also seeing the same error with <depen­dency>   <groupId>com.day.cq</groupId>   <arti­fac­tId>cq-quickstart</arti­fac­tId>   <ver­sion>6.1.0</ver­sion>   <scope>pro­vided</scope>   <clas­si­fier>apis</clas­si­fier></depen­dency>I have tried maven-scr-plugin versions 1.19.0, 1.20.0, 1.21.0. I ha...