Going to 2.11 also restricts user to libraries that already have a 2.11 version available. Just my 2 cents.
-sebastian Am 24.08.2014 11:31 schrieb "Till Rohrmann" <[email protected]>: > +1 > > > On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Sean Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My £0.02 -- yes it's an incompatible change, and I think you should > > move to 2.11 sooner than later. It will get harder as time goes on and > > eventually you'll have to maintain some 2.xx support after moving > > ahead for some existing users. You have a load more latitude in > > incubation. Move fast / break things -- for now. > > > > On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Aljoscha Krettek <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > It would require users to move to 2.11 as well. So this might not be > > such a > > > good move right now, but that is why I'm asking here. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Aljoscha > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 9:40 PM, Sebastian Schelter <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > >> What does this mean from a user perspective? I'm not sure whether most > > >> companies are already moving to Scala 2.11. I know from one large > > company > > >> that is only conducting the move from 2.9 to 2.10 right now. > > >> > > >> Best, > > >> Sebastian > > >> > > >> > > >> On 08/23/2014 05:22 PM, Stephan Ewen wrote: > > >> > > >>> +1 > > >>> Am 23.08.2014 17:16 schrieb "Aljoscha Krettek" < > [email protected] > > >: > > >>> > > >>> Hi, > > >>>> what do you guys thing about bumping to 2.11.x. Scala 2.10.x has a > > nasty > > >>>> bug that has been biting me in the arse for years. Now that I'm > > trying to > > >>>> bring the Scala API up to feature parity with the Java API I'm again > > >>>> wrestling with the bug. (Something to do with type checking, which > > keeps > > >>>> me > > >>>> from using an elegant solution using implicits. I can elaborate if > you > > >>>> want.) > > >>>> > > >>>> This would require some changes in the existing Scala code but they > > >>>> should > > >>>> be minor. Also, Scala is still a young and fast-moving language, so > > >>>> people > > >>>> should be used to bumping Scala versions often. By the way, 2.11.0 > is > > >>>> from > > >>>> April 2014 and they had to minor releases since, so we are up to > > 2.11.2 > > >>>> now. > > >>>> > > >>>> What do you think? > > >>>> > > >>>> Cheers, > > >>>> Aljoscha > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>> > > >> > > >
