ajack 2004/05/24 16:05:03 Modified: blog/SuccessStories Log4J-CL-EL-JV.txt Log: Closed a bold, reworded. Revision Changes Path 1.6 +2 -2 gump/blog/SuccessStories/Log4J-CL-EL-JV.txt Index: Log4J-CL-EL-JV.txt =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/gump/blog/SuccessStories/Log4J-CL-EL-JV.txt,v retrieving revision 1.5 retrieving revision 1.6 diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6 --- Log4J-CL-EL-JV.txt 24 May 2004 22:41:21 -0000 1.5 +++ Log4J-CL-EL-JV.txt 24 May 2004 23:05:03 -0000 1.6 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ </P> <P> -Unfortunately, the [GUMP] prefix didn't match the [logging] prefix that the commons-dev list requests, so failed filters sat un-noticed for a while. +Unfortunately, the [GUMP] prefix didn't match the [logging] prefix that the commons-dev list requests, so failed to pass filters & sat un-noticed for a while. When enough (impatient) noise had been made, the situation was investigated & things were not so simple. </P> <P>These issues took almost two weeks to resolve, some time lost, but much well spent on analysis/discussion/communication. Discussions occured on the commons, logging, avalon and velocity and gump lists, and ought be archived there. (This distribution might explain @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ </P> <HR/> <B>SUMMARY:</B> Deprecating classes is non-trival with Java (especially when trying to maintain them for years, and use sub-classing as aliasing). -Deprecation <B>'overlap windows'<B> -- where a fix gets to be backwards compatible w/ a decent (most likely found) sub-set of previous releases -- are a +Deprecation <B>'overlap windows'</B> -- where a fix gets to be backwards compatible w/ a decent (most likely found) sub-set of previous releases -- are a key aid. Managing these is invaluable. Deprecation only works when people work together and communicate. We still have some work to do to improve our group understanding/knowledge of <A HREF="http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/releases/versioning.html";>version numbering</A> and what contracts we are making with them on each release.
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