This is a big headache for many things. I wouldn't mind doing this even for 9x. This is a major release, why not go ahead and try to clean it up right away?
Dawid On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 11:50 PM Tomoko Uchida <tomoko.uchida.1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello devs, > > we have lots of package name conflicts (shared package names) between modules > in the Lucene/Solr source tree. It is not only annoying for devs/users but > also indeed bad practice since Java 9 (according to my understanding), and we > already have some problems with Javadocs due to these splitted packages as > some of us would know. I'm curious about the issue from a while ago. My > questions are, Q1: How can we solve the issue in an organized way? Q2: How > many of us really have interests about that? > > To break down Q1, > - A JIRA for building a grand design and organizing sub tasks is needed? We > have a couple of issues (e.g. LUCENE-9317 and LUCENE-9319) about it and I had > been playing around them before; but I feel like an umbrella ticket would be > needed. > - When to start and what's the target version to be out? My feeling is that > after cutting branch_9x is the right moment to start and 10.0.0 is suitable > for the target, does this make sense? > - Are there any other tasks/concerns to be considered except for just > renaming packages? > > Regarding Q2, > I know some of us have deep knowledge and thoughts in this topic, but for now > I am not sure how many of you have the will to give help or take time for > that. > It can't be a one-man effort. The more people understand and can contribute > to the build, the more healthy it will be. (I borrowed this phrase from > Gradle build issue LUCENE-9077). > > I don't intend to rush into making a decision, my purpose here is to collect > information to see if I can handle it before opening a JIRA. > > Thanks, > Tomoko --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
