That might be a reasonable approach, but it will depend on what changes might need to be made to the providers.
Ralph On Dec 7, 2011, at 4:11 PM, James Carman wrote: > How about creating a new package that has adapters for java7? > > o.a.c.vfs3.nio > On Dec 7, 2011 6:32 PM, "sebb" <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 7 December 2011 21:07, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> >> top-posted: >>> I'm much less concerned with the package name than I am that it appear >> to be part of the VFS subproject. By necessity, it won't be binary >> compatible - and presumably users won't interact with the commons vfs code >> directly anyway. >> >> Package name does not particularly bother me either, but need to >> ensure it is unique for Commons as a whole (as well as for Commons >> VFS) >> >> Choosing filesystem or fs would presumably clash with creating Commons >> FS or Commons Filesystem, so it might be better to choose something >> beginning with vfs, e.g. vfs-fs. >> >>> Ralph >>> >>> On Dec 7, 2011, at 10:01 AM, Gary Gregory wrote: >>> >>>> I am thinking of a different package name, not just version for VFS on >> Java >>>> 7 because we might want to release more VFS2-based versions that do >> break >>>> binary compatibility. >>>> >>>> We can retain the VFS name and brand for the project, but I'd prefer >>>> o.a.c.vfs<n> to be for VFS2 based work and to create o.a.c.filesystem >> (or >>>> fs) for Java 7 FileSystem-based work. >>>> >>>> Thoughts? >>>> >>>> Gary >>>> >>>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:49 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 5 December 2011 22:45, Jörg Schaible <joerg.schai...@gmx.de> wrote: >>>>>> Hi Gary, >>>>>> >>>>>> Gary Gregory wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi All: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I've made several improvements to VFS over the last couple of months >>>>> which >>>>>>> feels ready for a release soon. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> One important internal change is that the builds runs almost all unit >>>>>>> tests >>>>>>> :) >>>>>> >>>>>> I saw your efforts and this is really a great improvement! Thanks! >>>>>> >>>>>>> I've not found an easy way to embed a WebDAV server in the tests like >>>>>>> JackRabbit, which would be nice to do. >>>>>> >>>>>> Definitely :) >>>>>> >>>>>>> I know Ralph just mentioned thoughts of a VFS3 on top of Java 7, >> which >>>>> is >>>>>>> great news indeed. This feels like it needs a new name instead of a >>>>>>> version change though because the change is so radical (and nice.) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thoughts? >>>>>> >>>>>> I'd keep the name, it's a brand here and if we name it VFS3 and >> document >>>>>> that it is based on Java 7 technology, so why change it? >>>>> >>>>> The current release targets Java 1.5 and uses the package name vfs2; >>>>> the name was changed from o.a.c.vfs because 2.x is not binary >>>>> compatible with 1.x. >>>>> >>>>> If there is to be any development of VFS 2.x on Java 1.5 or Java 1.6 >>>>> that requires breaking binary compatibility again (which is not >>>>> impossible), this could cause a clash with the package name for the >>>>> new component VFS3. >>>>> >>>>> Ideally there should be a different package name prefix for each the >>>>> two components; failing that, at least they must use different numeric >>>>> suffix ranges. >>>>> Otherwise users may not be able to upgrade to Java 7 cleanly. >>>>> >>>>> Maven ids also need to be distinct, but that is less of an issue (for >>>>> once). >>>>> >>>>>> - Jörg >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org >>>> JUnit in Action, 2nd Ed: <http://goog_1249600977>http://bit.ly/ECvg0 >>>> Spring Batch in Action: <http://s.apache.org/HOq>http://bit.ly/bqpbCK >>>> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >>>> Home: http://garygregory.com/ >>>> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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 >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
