Re: [DISCUSS] Deprecated code policy

2012-11-23 Thread Asankha C. Perera
On 11/22/2012 07:16 PM, Oleg Kalnichevski wrote: ... (2) Alternatively, we could be selectively removing deprecated code after a certain number of feature releases (two feature releases) and a certain grace period (approximately two years) and keep 5.0 for some really major changes such as HTTP/2

Re: [DISCUSS] Deprecated code policy

2012-11-23 Thread William Speirs
My vote is for #2. Thanks! Bill- On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Oleg Kalnichevski wrote: > On Fri, 2012-11-23 at 08:18 +, James Abley wrote: > > I don't know if you can use semantic versioning [1], or if apache > projects > > have a different way of defining major / minor / point versio

Re: [DISCUSS] Deprecated code policy

2012-11-23 Thread Oleg Kalnichevski
On Fri, 2012-11-23 at 08:18 +, James Abley wrote: > I don't know if you can use semantic versioning [1], or if apache projects > have a different way of defining major / minor / point version changes? > > [1] http://semver.org/ > ... > > On 23 November 2012 00:00, sebb wrote: > > > > > I

Re: [DISCUSS] Deprecated code policy

2012-11-23 Thread James Abley
I don't know if you can use semantic versioning [1], or if apache projects have a different way of defining major / minor / point version changes? [1] http://semver.org/ On 23 November 2012 00:00, sebb wrote: > On 22 November 2012 22:16, Oleg Kalnichevski wrote: > > On Thu, 2012-11-22 at 18:4

Re: [DISCUSS] Deprecated code policy

2012-11-22 Thread sebb
On 22 November 2012 22:16, Oleg Kalnichevski wrote: > On Thu, 2012-11-22 at 18:40 +, sebb wrote: >> On 22 November 2012 18:03, Gary Gregory wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > >> > For US folks out there on the interwebs, Happy Thanksgving day to you >> > all. In this context, I am thankful for

Re: [DISCUSS] Deprecated code policy

2012-11-22 Thread Gary Gregory
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Oleg Kalnichevski wrote: > On Thu, 2012-11-22 at 18:40 +, sebb wrote: > > On 22 November 2012 18:03, Gary Gregory wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > For US folks out there on the interwebs, Happy Thanksgving day to you > > > all. In this context, I am

Re: [DISCUSS] Deprecated code policy

2012-11-22 Thread Gary Gregory
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:40 PM, sebb wrote: > On 22 November 2012 18:03, Gary Gregory wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > > > For US folks out there on the interwebs, Happy Thanksgving day to you > > all. In this context, I am thankful for this community of like and > > open-minded software gurus, ti

Re: [DISCUSS] Deprecated code policy

2012-11-22 Thread Oleg Kalnichevski
On Thu, 2012-11-22 at 18:40 +, sebb wrote: > On 22 November 2012 18:03, Gary Gregory wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > > > For US folks out there on the interwebs, Happy Thanksgving day to you > > all. In this context, I am thankful for this community of like and > > open-minded software gurus, ti

Re: [DISCUSS] Deprecated code policy

2012-11-22 Thread sebb
On 22 November 2012 18:03, Gary Gregory wrote: > Hi all, > > > For US folks out there on the interwebs, Happy Thanksgving day to you > all. In this context, I am thankful for this community of like and > open-minded software gurus, tinkerers, and bit wranglers. > > > I find it helpful to think

Re: [DISCUSS] Deprecated code policy

2012-11-22 Thread Gary Gregory
Hi all, For US folks out there on the interwebs, Happy Thanksgving day to you all. In this context, I am thankful for this community of like and open-minded software gurus, tinkerers, and bit wranglers. I find it helpful to think about this in two parts: process and labeling (or what version

Re: [DISCUSS] Deprecated code policy

2012-11-22 Thread sebb
On 22 November 2012 13:46, Oleg Kalnichevski wrote: > Folks > > There are lots of changes planned for the 4.3 series that will require > many of the old implementation classes to be deprecated in favor of > newer ones with a different API. While the amount of deprecated code > will be moderate in

[DISCUSS] Deprecated code policy

2012-11-22 Thread Oleg Kalnichevski
Folks There are lots of changes planned for the 4.3 series that will require many of the old implementation classes to be deprecated in favor of newer ones with a different API. While the amount of deprecated code will be moderate in HttpCore there will be LOTS of it in HttpClient. We should start