Eelco Hillenius wrote:
> Can I have the opinions of all committers please? Johan is on a skiing
> trip but opts for c).
I don't want to do any of A, B or C.
What I /really/ think we should try to achieve:
1. Have long-term JDK 1.4 and JDK 1.5 branches that are easy to
sync/backport from. These would therefore ideally have, in order of
importance:
- The same constructor/add logic.
- The same kind of models.
- The same package namespace.
2. Avoid pushing out a 1.3 beta that's very different from the RC and
final releases.
Provided we do both of those, I don't really care how we get there.
Looking at your options, option C breaks that second point pretty badly.
I still think we should push out 1.3 as-is, do a quick 1.4 with the new
models and a package rename from wicket to org.apache.wicket, and create
a 1.5 branch as soon as we have a beta/RC of 1.4.
Everyone else seems to think that this is a terrible idea, likely to
drag on for ages and confuse the users. Given that is therefore a
non-flier, I think we should:
* Push the model change in right now.
* Let it settle for a week or two to catch the worst bugs.
(If we need a 1.3 alpha-incubator-moderation or whatever to get
Apache approval, I'm all for that in the meantime.)
* Get a 1.3 beta out the door to our users before the end of the month.
I also think that if we're going to be stuck maintaining 1.3 as the JDK
1.4 branch for a long time (which looks likely), we should change the
package namespace to org.apache.wicket for 1.3 right now, as it'll make
life easier.
I guess there's nothing wrong with having a minor release version (like
1.3.2 or something) be the first Apache approved non-incubator release.
Hopefully if we push the model change into 1.3, no one will want
anything else to go in there and we can finally kick it out the door.
Al
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