My vote (not that I have one) would be for 1.6, and to keep 2.0 as the release when the breaking changes are introduced.
Matthew On 23 August 2011 09:18, Simone Tripodi <simonetrip...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi all guys, > I'd suggest to go through 1.6 too, even if we have a precedence in the > past (before I joined as committer) when the Digester version was > promoted from 1.8 to 2.0 just switching to JVM and added Generics... > So my "concern" is just make sure we adopt a common policy for every > component and understand if the Digester case was just an exception > (or not). > Have a nice day, all the best!!! > Simo > > http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ > http://www.99soft.org/ > > > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 4:42 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 23 August 2011 03:32, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi All: > >> > >> After the last round of discussion WRT generics, a 2.0, version, and the > new > >> BM encoder, it seems the consensus is: > >> > >> - Release a version based on trunk. Trunk requires Java 5 and includes > the > >> new BM encoder. > >> > >> - Revert the trunk changes that break binary compatibility, > specifically, > >> based on Clirr: > >> > >> Severity Message Class Method / Field > >> Error Method 'public StringEncoderComparator()' has been removed > >> org.apache.commons.codec.StringEncoderComparator public > >> StringEncoderComparator() > >> Error Method 'public boolean isArrayByteBase64(byte[])' has been > >> removed org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64 public boolean > >> isArrayByteBase64(byte[]) > >> Error Class org.apache.commons.codec.language.Caverphone removed > >> org.apache.commons.codec.language.Caverphone > >> Error Method 'public int getMaxLength()' has been removed > >> org.apache.commons.codec.language.Soundex public int getMaxLength() > >> Error Method 'public void setMaxLength(int)' has been removed > >> org.apache.commons.codec.language.Soundex public void > setMaxLength(int) > >> Error Field charset is now final > >> org.apache.commons.codec.net.URLCodec charset > >> Error Method 'public java.lang.String getEncoding()' has been removed > >> org.apache.commons.codec.net.URLCodec public java.lang.String > >> getEncoding() > >> > >> - Continue the generics discussion toward a major release which would > likely > >> require a package name change. > >> > >> Question: Because the code now requires Java 5, should the new version > be > >> 1.6 or 2.0? > >> > >> 1.6 feels right because we are adding an encoder. > >> The only reason now for a 2.0 label is because we are using Java 5. > >> > >> Thoughts? > > > > A major version bump is required for API breaks; it is not required > > for changes in base Java level. [1] > > > > Though if we were suddenly to require Java 7 it might make sense to go to > 2.0. > > > > Given that Java 1.5 has been out for some years now, and most users > > will probably be on at least Java 1.5 now, it seems to me that it's > > not necessary to have a major version bump; 1.6 is fine by me. > > > > [1] http://commons.apache.org/releases/versioning.html > > > >> Thank you, > >> Gary > >> -- > >> http://garygregory.wordpress.com/ > >> http://garygregory.com/ > >> http://people.apache.org/~ggregory/ > >> http://twitter.com/GaryGregory > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > -- Dr Matthew Pocock Visitor, School of Computing Science, Newcastle University mailto: turingatemyhams...@gmail.com gchat: turingatemyhams...@gmail.com msn: matthew_poc...@yahoo.co.uk irc.freenode.net: drdozer tel: (0191) 2566550 mob: +447535664143
