+1 [As contributor, not committer]
> On Jul 1, 2016, at 9:42 AM, Gilles <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org> wrote: > > Hi Benedikt. > > On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 10:43:08 +0000, Benedikt Ritter wrote: >> Gilles <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org> schrieb am Di., 21. Juni 2016 um >> 21:32 Uhr: >> >>> Hello. >>> >>> This is one of several votes for establishing new Commons components >>> out of functionality developed inside the "Commons Math" component. >>> >>> This vote is dedicated to the following functionality: >>> Representation of rational numbers >>> >>> The concerned code is the contents of the following classes and >>> packages: >>> org.apache.commons.math4.fraction >>> located in the "develop" branch of Commons Math: >>> >>> >>> https://git1-us-west.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-math.git;a=tree;f=src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/fraction;h=446df46270ea0d00b7b23b603ca153df9ec18ffa;hb=refs/heads/develop >>> >>> Notes: >>> * This component will depend on the "Standard math functions" >>> component >>> (cf. other VOTE thread). >>> * Code size: ~1400 lines of code (unit tests not included). >>> * API: stable. >>> * Estimated minimum Java version: 5 (?) >>> >>> All are welcome to vote, especially potential users of the candidate >>> component and people who'd like to contribute to it, through user >>> support, >>> bug-fixes and enhancements, documentation, release management. >>> >>> [ ] +1, this would be a valid Commons component. >>> [ x ] -1, this won't be a good Commons component because ... >>> >> >> Feels to much like a math component to me. Could better live in a Math TLP. > > Since there is a similar functionality in Commons Lang, I would > think that we'd either consider that it is common enough or that > you think that it should be removed from Commons Lang. > > Do you strongly oppose that Rob Tompkins tries to rationalize the > implementations? > [I assume that the goal would be to either have a new component > (and deprecate the functionality in CL) or to validate and enhance > the functionality in CL (ensuring that it is at least as complete, > as accurate and as fast as the version in CM).] > > As various people noted in the past months and weeks, it would not > be nice to a new contributor to let him work and then not integrate > it on the basis that this goal was not a consensus. > > Thanks for reconsidering, > Gilles > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > <mailto:dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > <mailto:dev-h...@commons.apache.org>
