----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Cheesman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: [poll] Package name change ?
> At 12:05 PM 09/09/01, you wrote:
>
> >The question I am asking myself is : Are Cactus users willing to accept
this
> >package name change ? Will it cause big troubles ? Should we do it as the
> >same time as we release version 1.2 or should we wait longer ?
> Yes... although I can foresee all sorts of fun working out which package
> I'm actually using...
>
why ? There would be only one package : org.apache.cactus
> There's no way to deprecate a package, is there? The only idea that comes
> to mind would be to deprecate the provide two implementations of
> ServletTestCase - one in the old package, with all the methods deprecated,
> and the new one (which would be identical, except the deprecation). That
> way at least we'd get fair warning about the change...
Jim,
That won't work out as it is not only ServletTestCase that is impacted but
all Cactus classes used to write test cases (there are about 15). The only
solution I know of is a new version.
>
> >My opinion is that it is always preferable to do it sooner than later as
> >later means more code will have been developed with Cactus and more
persons
> >will be impacted. However, this is my opinion and I'd like to hear from
you,
> >cactus users !
>
>
> The sooner, the better.
>
Just bear in mind that nothing is done yet. We have had enough voice from
Commons committers but we now need to submit the idea to the Apache PMC.
>
> Jim
thanks
-Vincent
