On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/5/13 4:35 AM, Gary Gregory wrote: > > Over at log4j we release betas to maven central. I think we should do > > so here too for alphas. It's just too much of a pain to use a jar in a > > build otherwise. > > Do you subsequently introduce incompatible API changes with no > package name change in the "stable" releases? I'll call a "stable" release a release without an alpha or beta label. The rules for stable and beta releases are already established, no changes there: https://commons.apache.org/releases/versioning.html An alpha release IMO is to gather feedback from early adopters, but not as living on the bleeding edge as using SNAPSHOT or trunk code. It says 'we're ready for people to take a look and we'd like feedback'. Anything acceptable for a SNAPSHOT is acceptable for an alpha IMO, it's like marking the current code with a label/stamp. In other communities, the term "milestone" is used, followed by "release candidates", no alphas or betas, it's all in the milestone stream. They're just labels to put on things really. Gary That's what I would > worry about here. Collections is so widely used / depended on that > having API-incompatible versions with the same package name > eternally in the wild would seem a bad idea to me. > > Phil > > > > Gary > > > > On Jul 5, 2013, at 4:24, Thomas Neidhart <thomas.neidh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> just to make sure we have agreement on this topic. > >> Reading again the thread about release alpha/beta releases I think we > did > >> not reach consensus whether to publish alpha releases to maven central. > >> > >> It would be easier for people to try out things, but the release will > stay > >> there forever and some people had objections against it. > >> > >> We also know for sure that the API will change, as we will at least > rename > >> one new class introduced for 4.0 (CompliantBag -> CollectionBag). > >> > >> So the questions is: > >> > >> Shall we publish to maven central? > >> > >> Thomas > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition<http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
