On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 6:24 PM, Gilles <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Feb 2016 12:11:24 +1100, Peter Ansell wrote: > >> On 3 February 2016 at 11:30, Patrick Meyer <meyer...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> The Apache commons math library already has a reputation and is well >>> kvown. >>> Any name that does not involve the words Apache and math will require a >>> lot >>> of rebranding or years of explaining to people that the TLP named X is >>> really just the library formerly known as commons math. Removing >>> "commons" >>> from the name is a good way to signal the maturity of the math library >>> while staying true to its Apache origin. That's why I like Apache math. >>> >> >> I don't think that outside of the Apache developer community that the >> "Commons" reference is taken to mean immaturity. If anything, it is >> taken to mean something that is stable and fairly slow to evolve and >> hence can be reused fairly broadly (per the tight scopes of each of >> the modules). >> > > Indeed. > And if establishing is going to serve anything, it is IMHO certainly > not to be stuck with an a priori reputation of "being stable and fairly > slow to evolve". > > Commons Math has been steadily growing, with less and less consideration > for evolving with the language which it uses. IMO, that means, among other > things, less and less hope to attract new contributors. > Being a TLP is by itself not going to change that. > > If anything, the new project should mean a radical departure of being > stable wrt the latest release. > > For users that don't care for new features and are happy with CM 3.6, > no problem; until they find a bug. What happens then should be discussed > as soon as possible, as the default policy has been to support only the > latest release. > > To change that, more people are needed to maintain legacy code while > not hindering development, including major refactoring to modernize > the code. > > FWIW, the word "Math" on its own is fairly geographically localised. >> The base word Mathematics is less localised. However, given that the >> module has always been known as "Math", there are no qualms from me in >> staying with that term. >> > > Staying with the old name is much less of a problem than staying > with the old ways. > Which "old ways"? I certainly hope you do not plan on shooting yourself in the foot by breaking BC on purpose. Gary > > Gilles > > >> Cheers, >> >> Peter >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
