+1 with the thought of Benedikt's point about trying to lift one project at a time.
> On Aug 17, 2017, at 11:15 AM, Jörg Schaible <joerg.schai...@bpm-inspire.com> > wrote: > > +1 > > Looks good to me. > > Gilles wrote: > >> Hello. >> >> [Time for a new episode in our "Ripping CM" series.] >> >> How about creating "Commons Geometry"? >> >> The rationale is comprised of the usual suspects: >> * Smaller and more focused component, hence: >> - Consistent development and maintenance. >> - Consistent release schedule, not encumbered by >> changes (and endless discussions) in _totally_ >> unrelated code. >> - Potential for attracting contributors not >> interested in maintaining the (growing) backlog >> of CM. >> * Self-contained: 96.3% of the "o.a.c.math4.geometry" >> package have no dependency except: >> - 4 classes now in "Commons Numbers". >> - 2 methods and 1 constant in "MathUtils". >> - CM exceptions. [Creating alternatives for those >> will probably be the most time-consuming part of >> the porting work.] >> >> Moreover, none of the code in the "o.a.c.math4.geometry" >> package is used by another package of CM. >> >> A new component would give the "geometry" codes a much >> better chance of being (confidently[1]) released, since >> CM is "stuck" for the foreseeable future.[2] >> >> WDYT? >> >> Gilles >> >> [1] There seems to be only one issue reported in JIRA >> that pertains to "geometry". >> [2] 54 issues yet to be fixed before the 4.0 release; >> which, at the current rate, would lead to after 2025 >> (a very rough guess, I admit). > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
