> On Oct 26, 2016, at 6:13 AM, Julian Reschke <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi there, > > context: <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCR-2406> > > Summary: we want to get rid of our dependency of httpclient 3.* > (<http://hc.apache.org/httpclient-3.x/>), which as been end-of-lifed quite > some time ago. > > This will affect our public API, which extends classes from it. > > The current plan is to add a new set of APIs (probably based on HttpClient > 4.5.x) in the next stable Jackrabbit release 2.14, planned to be released in > Spring 2017. At that point, we'll also deprecate the old classes. > > Later on, we would *remove* the httpclient 3.x dependency and the old classes > -- the plan would be to do that in the subsequent stable release: Jackrabbit > 2.16, which could come out in Spring 2018. > > At that point, users of the old API can: > > - either continue using Jackrabbit 2.14.*, or > > - update their own code to work with Jackrabbit 2.16.*. > > Feedback appreciated -- either here, or in > <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCR-2406>. > > Best regards, Julian
That seems like an awful long time. Assuming no one objects to the need to update, I suggest that the timeline should take care of itself. IOW, if someone commits an updated API then it can be released "in the next release", after which the old API can be removed and 2.16.0 considered for the next release. That can all be done next week, if anyone gets excited. ;-) ....Roy
