On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 7:48 AM, Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hello Gilles, > > > Am 15.08.2017 um 16:26 schrieb Gilles <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org>: > > > > Hello. > > > > [Time for a new episode in our "Ripping CM" series.] > > > > How about creating "Commons Geometry"? > > > > The rationale is comprised of the usual suspects: > > * Smaller and more focused component, hence: > > - Consistent development and maintenance. > > - Consistent release schedule, not encumbered by > > changes (and endless discussions) in _totally_ > > unrelated code. > > - Potential for attracting contributors not > > interested in maintaining the (growing) backlog > > of CM. > > * Self-contained: 96.3% of the "o.a.c.math4.geometry" > > package have no dependency except: > > - 4 classes now in "Commons Numbers". > > - 2 methods and 1 constant in "MathUtils". > > - CM exceptions. [Creating alternatives for those > > will probably be the most time-consuming part of > > the porting work.] > > > > Moreover, none of the code in the "o.a.c.math4.geometry" > > package is used by another package of CM. > > > > A new component would give the "geometry" codes a much > > better chance of being (confidently[1]) released, since > > CM is "stuck" for the foreseeable future.[2] > > > > WDYT? > > I want to see the initial release of Commons Numbers before breaking more > components out of CM. > Sounds reasonable to me. Gary > > Regards, > Benedikt > > > > > Gilles > > > > [1] There seems to be only one issue reported in JIRA > > that pertains to "geometry". > > [2] 54 issues yet to be fixed before the 4.0 release; > > which, at the current rate, would lead to after 2025 > > (a very rough guess, I admit). > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >
