Peter Donald wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 03:57, Berin Loritsch wrote:
>
>>I propose we publish distinct API groups. Most of the hard work is done
>>already with the package boundaries. The issue is when there are cross
>>package dependancies. Let's face it, Pools are easier to write with Buffers
>>and Mutexes. By doing this, we have to commit to documenting the
>>dependancies.
>>
>
> This is very close to my original desire for Excalibur which IIRC you
> -1'ed!!! :)
Allow some room for people to grow. :)
> The one difference - rather than "commit to documenting the dependancies" we
> instead declare them in a properties file or something that would allow the
> "Optional Package" manifest specifications to be generated for each jar and
> thus the dependency tree could be automagically walked like that.
That would be part of the solution, but if a Pool requires Concurrent and
Containers, you have to tell the user that they are in different packages.
Otherwise, they will be in for a rude awakening.
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