Howdy, +1, let's get it out the door... ;) Yoav Shapira Millennium ChemInformatics
>-----Original Message----- >From: Henri Yandell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 10:55 AM >To: Jakarta Commons Developers List >Cc: Jakarta Project Management Committee List >Subject: [VOTE] Release of Commons Lang 2.0 [take 2] > > >We've already called a vote on this back in May, but a -1 that wanted us >to include Lang.time caused us to delay and since then we've been dealing >with more minutae. > >So, without further ado, I'll repeat my call for a VOTE last May. The >information on what has changed below is largely the same as it was in >May. > >The largest change since May not reflected below is a big push on Unit >Tests [thanks to Clover's superb visualisation, we've got about 88% >coverage in Clover] and documentation [thanks to Maven and JDiff]. > >======================================================================= = > >Our t's are dotted and our i's are crossed, so we'd like to make a >release of Commons Lang 2.0. > >[ ] +1 I support Commons Lang 2.0 >[ ] +0 Huh? Sure, let me sleep. >[ ] -0 Lang? Sounds bad. >[ ] -1 I hate you guys. > >[http://www.apache.org/~bayard/lang2.0/ contains what I am planning to use >as the build, we will not be using Maven as the site for 2.0, but I >generate it for reference] > >What's not going: >---------------- > >lang.functor has been removed from Lang. Collections will gain what it >needs and [Functor] will be looked to for the complete functor-style >solution. > >lang.reflect is not ready yet. > >lang.util.Identifier is not ready yet. > >New maven configuration with the aim of moving Lang to a mavenised site. > >What's new: >---------- > >lang.math.* package, which contains Range classes, RandomUtils and a >Fraction class. > >In the top level package, we see a series of additions. There are a set of >reusable Exceptions which provide slightly tighter meaning than their >Commons Lang superclasses, IllegalClassException and >NotImplementedException are examples of these. We also see the addition of >more Utils classes: > >ArrayUtils >BooleanUtils >ClassUtils >StringEscapeUtils >StringPrintWriter >WordUtils > >We also see the addition of > >Validate class [akin to JUnit Assert in style] and BitField from the old >Commons Util project [as created by POI]. > >What's changed: >-------------- > >ToStringBuilder has gained an inner class. >builder.* packages have gained new methods >NumberUtils has a series of constants, LONG_ZERO, LONG_ONE etc. >StringUtils has a series of new methods. >The order in which a nested exception is printed has been reversed and a >static legacy option left to reverse it the other way if desired. This >now matches JDK 1.4 direction. > >What's gone: >----------- > >lang.NumberRange is gone as it has now moved into the math subpackage. > >The release: >----------- > >Following a successful vote, the PMC will be notified of the desire to >release and the instructions at >http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/releases/ followed to create a >release. A changelog with 'jardiff' will be included and JDiff will be >used to generate a site showing changes [as shown in >http://www.apache.org/~bayard/commons-lang-2.0/Commons-Lang-1.0.1-to- >2.0/changes.html]. > >Hen > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
