I think there is a belief in the general using public that Apache follows SemVer for most Java code. I think that it would be best if each module specified if it follows SemVer or not -- just to clear up any confusion on the part of the user.
Claude On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 4:08 PM Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org> wrote: > On 2019-10-18, Gilles Sadowski wrote: > > > My point/question was whether we do not already follow it. > > We don't, at least not in all components. > > Quite a few of our components don't have a patch number at all and they > sometimes create minor releases that would be patch releases if we > followed SemVer. And sometimes we convince ourselves something that in a > release that would be a major release it is OK to not change the major > version number. Both ends of this are true for Compress which I happen > to know best. > > > What would be the additional burden? > > Having to obey more rules. > > Don't get me wrong. I haven't got any problems with components who want > to adhere to SemVer. > > It is that I just don't think we need to force all components to do > so. As little as we don't need to force all components to use Maven or > need to force all components to use an indentation of four spaces. There > is no reason to standardize this accross components IMHO. > > Stefan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > -- I like: Like Like - The likeliest place on the web <http://like-like.xenei.com> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/claudewarren
