> -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Struberg [mailto:strub...@yahoo.de] > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:23 AM > To: Commons Developers List > Subject: AW: [all] Rebooting commons projects > > > +1 for new packages > -0 for x-ng > > let's make 1 step back and see the issue from the distance. > > What's currently going on is not a simple 'feature addition' which has to > be compatible. It's more about an effort to use a lot of cool features > which are available since java-5 _without_ having to take care about old > 'ballast'. > > So what about changing commons to commons5 for example? > > e.g. org.apache.commons5.lang.Validate > > This would have the benefit that everyone sees clearly what he get's! > The groupId should also be changed to "org.apache.commons5". > This would also be a good point to clean up the inhomogenic > groupId/artifactId structure (commons-lang/commons-lang vs > org.apache.commons/commons-lang)
Would we be happy to have also commons6 and commons7? Gary > > The projects may either remain in the same SVN (new branch) or a > completely new one. > Both have pros and cons we should discuss. > > LieGrue, > strub > > > > ----- Ursprüngliche Mail ---- > > Von: Jörg Schaible <joerg.schai...@gmx.de> > > An: dev@commons.apache.org > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, den 13. Mai 2009, 07:57:14 Uhr > > Betreff: Re: [all] Rebooting commons projects > > > > James Carman wrote at Mittwoch, 13. Mai 2009 04:30: > > > > > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Dan Fabulich wrote: > > >> If you feel like you'd want to call it "lang2" or "lang-ng" then just > > >> call it lang 2.0 or 3.0 or whatever and keep a lang-1.x branch around > for > > >> stability fixes. > > > > > > I thought we agreed that we would "jump" major version numbers (as you > > > suggest here I think) whenever we are going to break backwards > > > compatibility (which would include "next generation" type changes). > > > Then, we would change the package name to match to avoid the "jar > > > hell" issue. > > > > +1 > > > > > I don't like the "ng" stuff either. What's next? Commons Lang Deep > > > Space 9? :) Doesn't a new major version number imply "next > > > generation"? > > > > Hehehe ... reloaded? Fortunately we're forward bound, otherwise we would > > additionally talk about "origins" :)) > > > > - Jörg > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
