You do it however you feel is right, I don't feel like making any rules.

I'm only asking you to consider the downstream user, if you choose not to then 
that's fine too.

Regards
Scott

On 20/02/2010, at 1:17 AM, Adrian Crum wrote:

> Who suggested removing them? They are being moved to a different package. As 
> I already said - an existing installation can do a simple search and replace 
> to accommodate that. Plus, as I have also pointed out, changes like this have 
> been done in the past with no regard to release version compatibility.
> 
> So, yes - this is a thread hijack. What I am suggesting has been done many 
> times before with no warning or discussion, but now it has become an issue. 
> Why should the change I'm proposing follow some new rule? Are you going to 
> make that rule retroactive? How many files in the trunk have been 
> changed/moved/deleted in a backwards-incompatible way since the R 9.04 branch?
> 
> If you want to make new rules, then fine - start a new thread for that. And 
> make sure the new rules apply to the next release, not to the trunk.
> 
> For now, it would help if we could stay on subject.
> 
> -Adrian
> 
> 
> --- On Sat, 2/20/10, Scott Gray <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> From: Scott Gray <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: Discussion: New package org.ofbiz.base.types
>> To: [email protected]
>> Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 12:07 AM
>> I wouldn't say it was hijacked,
>> deprecating classes vs. removing them seems pretty pertinent
>> to the discussion and has a direct impact on version
>> compatibility.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Scott
>> 
>> On 20/02/2010, at 12:47 AM, Adrian Crum wrote:
>> 
>>> This thread is in no way similar to moving a
>> component. I'm suggesting moving a handful of Java classes
>> to a new package. Unfortunately, what should have been a
>> discussion about that change has been hijacked into a
>> different discussion about release strategy and release
>> version compatibility.
>>> 
>>> -Adrian
>>> 
>>> --- On Fri, 2/19/10, BJ Freeman <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> From: BJ Freeman <[email protected]>
>>>> Subject: Re: Discussion: New package
>> org.ofbiz.base.types
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 11:30 PM
>>>> wading in late,
>>>> I believe the idea behind component was that it
>> could be
>>>> located and
>>>> that was transparent. Like ecommerce got moved but
>> it does
>>>> not effect
>>>> the operation of it.
>>>> So any idea you have should follow that concept.
>>>> 
>>>> Adrian Crum sent the following on 2/19/2010 10:07
>> PM:
>>>>> --- On Fri, 2/19/10, Adam Heath <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> From: Adam Heath <[email protected]>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: Discussion: New package
>>>> org.ofbiz.base.types
>>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>>> Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 9:57 PM
>>>>>> Adrian Crum wrote:
>>>>>>> --- On Fri, 2/19/10, Scott Gray <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> From: Scott Gray <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Discussion: New
>> package
>>>>>> org.ofbiz.base.types
>>>>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>>>>> Date: Friday, February 19, 2010,
>> 9:45 PM
>>>>>>>> On 19/02/2010, at 10:10 PM,
>> Adrian
>>>>>>>> Crum wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> --- On Fri, 2/19/10, Adam
>> Heath <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> From: Adam Heath <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Discussion:
>> New
>>>> package
>>>>>>>> org.ofbiz.base.types
>>>>>>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>> Date: Friday, February 19,
>> 2010,
>>>> 8:56 PM
>>>>>>>>>> Adam Heath wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Adrian Crum wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> In the
>> org.ofbiz.base.util
>>>> package
>>>>>> there
>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>>> interfaces and classes
>> that don't
>>>> really
>>>>>> belong
>>>>>>>> there - they
>>>>>>>>>> are data types, not
>> utility
>>>> classes. It
>>>>>> would be
>>>>>>>> nice if we
>>>>>>>>>> could create a new package
>> to
>>>> contain
>>>>>> basic data
>>>>>>>> types:
>>>>>>>>>> org.ofbiz.base.types. The
>> new
>>>> package
>>>>>> would
>>>>>>>> contain things
>>>>>>>>>> like: Appender,
>> DateRange,
>>>> Factory,
>>>>>> Range,
>>>>>>>> ComparableRange,
>>>>>>>>>> TimeDuration, etc.
>>>>>>>>>>>> The
>> org.ofbiz.base.util
>>>> package
>>>>>> could be
>>>>>>>>>> (informally) limited to
>> classes
>>>> that
>>>>>> follow the
>>>>>>>> utility
>>>>>>>>>> class pattern (only
>> static
>>>> methods,
>>>>>> private
>>>>>>>> constructor,
>>>>>>>>>> etc).
>>>>>>>>>>>> What do you
>> think?
>>>>>>>>>>> org.ofbiz.base.lang
>>>>>>>>>> Where ever they get moved
>> to, you
>>>> need to
>>>>>> check
>>>>>>>> for classes
>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>> existed in a previous
>> release, and
>>>> make
>>>>>> certain
>>>>>>>> they still
>>>>>>>>>> exist, and
>>>>>>>>>> just extend the classes
>> that were
>>>> copied
>>>>>> to the
>>>>>>>> new
>>>>>>>>>> location.  Then,
>>>>>>>>>> add deprecation to the
>> old
>>>> versions.
>>>>>>>>> I probably wouldn't do that.
>> I
>>>> understand what
>>>>>> you're
>>>>>>>> getting at, but it adds
>> unnecessary code
>>>> and
>>>>>> complexity to
>>>>>>>> the project. Anyone wanting to
>> upgrade
>>>> from a
>>>>>> release who
>>>>>>>> used the affected classes could do
>> a
>>>> simple search
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> replace on the import statements.
>>>>>>>>> Things like this have been
>> moved
>>>> around
>>>>>> before.
>>>>>>>> I agree with Adam, in an ideal
>> world, one
>>>> would be
>>>>>> able to
>>>>>>>> uplift their hot-deploy components
>> from
>>>> 9.04 and
>>>>>> drop them
>>>>>>>> into 10.x without any
>> issues.  We're
>>>> probably
>>>>>> still a
>>>>>>>> long way from that but I don't
>> think we
>>>> should
>>>>>> make things
>>>>>>>> any harder for the user than we
>> need to.
>>>>>>> So, where does that process end?
>> Should
>>>> hot-deploy
>>>>>> components from 10.x drop into 11.x
>> without any
>>>> issues? That
>>>>>> would require maintaining code from 9.04
>> AND 10.x
>>>> in 11.x.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> No.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Stuff from 9.04 should work without any
>> changes
>>>> in
>>>>>> 10.x.  However,
>>>>>> there could be warnings issues for
>> anything that
>>>> isn't
>>>>>> being done in
>>>>>> an optimal way.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> This gives downstreams time to fix their
>> 9.04
>>>> modules to
>>>>>> work properly
>>>>>> for 10.x, before we eventually release
>> 11.x.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have used patch files for that and it hasn't
>> been a
>>>> big issue. For example, my production deployment
>> patch
>>>> modifies start.properties. In revision 684377 that
>> file was
>>>> moved to another folder. So, I just updated my
>> patch. I
>>>> never expected that file's original location to be
>> supported
>>>> in future versions.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
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