On 5 March 2013 20:56, Simone Tripodi <simonetrip...@apache.org> wrote: > Thanks both Gary and Sebb, > >> It seems very unlikely that anyone will still be running Java 1.3 or >> Java 1.4, so the change to 1.5 is not likely to concern users, even >> though it is a bit of a jump. >> Is the addition of generics sufficiently significant? > > what you said makes perfectly sense, 2.0.0 is not justified ATM, I > just had in mind the [digester] case, which had to be an exception, > once the [pool] case came back in my mind, it reminded me the right > workflow. > > I don't have enough time to do a major rewrite, I am rolling back the > version to 1.2.3 and do minor updates.
Why not 1.3 ? Or at least wait until you see how much is changed before deciding whether it deserves a point release or a minor release bump. > Thanks again, > -Simo > > http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ > http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/ > http://twitter.com/simonetripodi > http://www.99soft.org/ > > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 9:35 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 5 March 2013 19:57, Simone Tripodi <simonetrip...@apache.org> wrote: >>>>> Just for the record: I don't intend to do a major rewrite ATM, just >>>>> update and bugfix. >>>> >>>> So why the change to 2.0? >>> >>> I intend to add at least generics, where possible - in the past, the >>> introduction of generics in digester justified the update from >>> digester-1.8 to digester-2.0. >>> >>> Is the generics introduction enough to justify the major bump? >> >> AFAIK, it's not covered by the Commons conventions: >> >> http://commons.apache.org/releases/versioning.html#Major_Releases >> >> I'm not against bumping to 2.0, but I'm not sure it's necessary here. >> >> Does a bump give the right impression to end users? >> >> It seems very unlikely that anyone will still be running Java 1.3 or >> Java 1.4, so the change to 1.5 is not likely to concern users, even >> though it is a bit of a jump. >> Is the addition of generics sufficiently significant? >> >>> TIA, >>> -Simo >>> >>> http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ >>> http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/ >>> http://twitter.com/simonetripodi >>> http://www.99soft.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 >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
