Henri Yandell wrote:
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Luc Maisonobe <luc.maison...@free.fr> wrote:
Luc Maisonobe a écrit :

So let's vote on this proposal: change the top level package name on
[math] from org.apache.commons.math to org.apache.commons.math2.

[] +1 change the top level package name
[]  0 I don't care
[] -1 keep the old name

Vote open for 72 hours (up to Friday May 19th 20h00 UTC)
Resending the result due to an error: James Carman vote is also a
binding vote, sorry for the mishap.

This vote has failed with the following tally (marking binding votes
with *):

+1* Luc Maisonobe
+1* Henri Yandell
+1* James Carman
+1* Brent Worden
+1  Edward J. Yoon
+1* Jörg Schaible
+1  Dimitri Pourbaix (changed from -1 to +1)

+0  Ted Dunning
+0  Cyril Briquet

-0  Bill Barker

-1  Gilles Sadowski
-1* Niall Pemberton
-1* Phil Steitz (changed from +1 to -1)

So the top level package name will remain org.apache.commons.math

Heh... now there can be a "keep the package name the same" vote that
also fails :)
Yeah. I have thought about that kind of thing before. Our "veto" rules apply to code *changes* so strictly speaking that VOTE is not necessary. What *could* happen is that enough people could -1 the release to effectively block it.

Of course, our way here is to come to agreement and it looks like we have not done that in this case. My original vote (+1) was partly for consistency with the rest of commons and out of fear of "jar hell" scenarios. I was swayed by Niall's argument and reflection on use cases that I am aware of. I am sure Niall as well is open to enlightenment if others can point to practical use cases (observed or likely) involving [math] that demonstrate that the "pain-minimizing" alternative is to change the package name.

Phil
Hen

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