Stephen Colebourne <scolebourne <at> btopenworld.com> writes: > PROPOSAL: > The major version number of a component, where it is greater than 1, > shall be included in the package name.
I really wonder why this should be a concern of the actual component at all. A component is an encapsulated piece of software with a well-defined interface (here API). If there are problems in the environment in using this component or looking it up (here jar hell/classpath), then this is a problem of the environment, not a concern of the component. Therefore this thing has also to be fixed in the environment. Classloader shielding is an appropriate solution. There is much ongoing work like OSGi to standardize this and make it easier usable. So I wonder why this is now still such a major topic though it worked ten years without it. Maybe in 2 or 3 years nobody will talk about it at all when classloader shielding is so common and easily usable. Jörg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
