I like the Major.Minor.Maintenance nomenclature where: A Major version change can have API breakage and is for big new features.
A Minor version change cannot have API breakage and is for smaller incremental changes. A Maintenance version change cannot have API breakage and is not for feature changes, fixes only. Thank you, Gary > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Cohen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 14:32 > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > Subject: Re: [net] minimum jdk version? > > I think a fix release is needed for this. > Guys, what should the name of such a version be? > Are there any guidelines about releasing a fix version for such a small > but > vital thing? > > On Tuesday 04 May 2004 4:17 pm, Steve Cohen wrote: > > Ouch! That's a bug. Please enter it into bugzilla. I guess we'll have > to > > get a fix release for that. It certainly was not the intent to release > the > > product for jdk 1.4+ and it's egg on my face. > > > > On Tuesday 04 May 2004 1:06 pm, Edelson, Justin wrote: > > > Does the net 1.2 require JDK 1.4 to compile? The only documentation > that > > > mentions it (that I've found) is the Release Notes for 1.1.1, which > > > claim that future versions (>1.2) will require JDK 1.2. It's unclear > > > whether this is for compilation or at runtime. > > > > > > However, net 1.2 won't compile against anything prior to 1.4 (I'm > > > working with 1.3.1) because > > > org.apache.commons.net.ftp.parser.NTFTPEntryParser tries to call > > > Calendar.getTimeInMillis() on line 132, which prior to 1.4 was a > > > protected method. > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
