On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 11:31, Andrew Haley wrote: > Andrew John Hughes writes: > > > > Well, my suggestion would be that the branches are more for the benefit > > of users rather than developers. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the > > japitools comparisons suggest that 1.1 is just about supported. This > > would seem to be a solid base to give to those who want something to > > work with, at least for the time being, as a Java replacement without > > having to wonder about holes. As far as developers go, I would expect > > focus to mainly stay on 1.4 as it is now, with appropriate patches that > > also cover 1.1 being added there. However, if you think that would be > > too much effort, then I can see your point to an extent. I do think > > there is something to be said for giving users something more stable > > though, rather than the kind of random implementation guarantees we give > > now. > > Sure, but the problem is that branches, unless tended carefully, will > wither. If people wish assiduously to maintain a separate 1.1 branch, > that will be fine. But that should be an addition to current > development, not an alternative. > > Andrew. Agreed. The idea of having a stable branch (1.1 being the first iteration) of this is to give developers who want to use Classpath something concrete to work with. I don't foresee such a branch needing anything more than the odd patch from the main development branch (currently targeting 1.4, although maybe 1.2 may be a better target if we want a faster release cycle). The stable branch would form the basis of a solid release version, matching a certain API and not gaining new features, only bug fixes. Quite a few projects have this concept of a release version and a current development version (Linux and GTK+ would be obvious examples, as this is distinguished by the odd/even release numbers) -- Andrew :-) Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html Value your freedom, or you will lose it, teaches history. `Don't bother us with politics' respond those who don't want to learn.
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