On 16 October 2017 at 14:14, Simon Spero <sesunc...@gmail.com> wrote: > [In regards to original question, -0.0 (harmless, but pointless, since > applications should not use lang as a jpms module.
Huh? Of course they should. > To be usable as a jpms > module, EVERY release that has ANY api change must use new module and > package names).[1] ] > [1] A module can only appear in the modpath once. A package can only come > from one module. If an application uses multiple third party dependencies, > which use different versions of a fourth party module, "*Lasciate ogne > speranza, voi ch'intrate".* Adding a package is fine so long as it is under the same root package (that is why I argued for module names to be the same as the root package name - to ensure ownership). Modules are supposed to be shared, but they do place a high bar on backwards compatibility, which [lang] already meets. Changing the module name every release would be horrific for users and make problems worse not better. Stephen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
