<quote> > We warned the users about that in the release notes, and changing > code in Ivy for backward compatibility with a beta version (which in > Ivy language is not a release candidate) sounds not like a good idea > to me.
That is more tha fine with me. > But once again I'm alone to decide, and if more people think it > makes sense, I won't object. There is no reason to change anything for me. </quote> Agreed, but it would be nice to -either warn users that this specific change in beta-2 has been reverted, so that new adopters of beta-2 are explicitly aware of this -or make a new beta release with the original behaviour. Regards, Erik-Berndt ________________________________ Van: Stefan Bodewig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: vr 18-7-2008 17:33 Aan: dev@ant.apache.org Onderwerp: Re: Ivy svn breaks ant-contrib svn On Thu, 17 Jul 2008, Xavier Hanin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Stefan Bodewig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I don't really have an opinion on the particular change but am a >> strong proponent of not breaking APIs in general (at least not >> without a deprecation period). > > I agree in general, but Ivy 2 has been going in a deep code change, and we > decided to keep backward compatibility with 1.4 at ant tasks level, but not > at API level. Understood. > We warned the users about that in the release notes, and changing > code in Ivy for backward compatibility with a beta version (which in > Ivy language is not a release candidate) sounds not like a good idea > to me. That is more tha fine with me. > But once again I'm alone to decide, and if more people think it > makes sense, I won't object. There is no reason to change anything for me. Stefan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: This message contains information that may be privileged or confidential and is the property of Sogeti Nederland B.V. or its Group members. It is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy, disseminate, distribute, or use this message or any part thereof. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this message.
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