https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=62355
--- Comment #10 from Andreas Beeker <kiwiwi...@apache.org> --- Maybe I should I explain a bit shorter, to make my self clear: - for POI 4.0.0 I want to change the java-package of around 10 classes and leave the maven-packaging as is. This is sufficient to make module-info work in user code ... at least I didn't get any compile/execution errors - for POI 5 *), I want a repackaging by document type - for POI 6 *), I want to upgrade to real modules / Java 9 and we also need to fix XmlBeans then *) just a rough plan, but in that order > If I understand things correctly, the module-info piece works as a > dependency manager for jigsaw modules. But if we go all in on that, > would it interfere with Java 8 compatibility? I guess so -> https://github.com/google/guava/issues/2970 > I suggest that we should not make the move to modules yet because none of > our dependencies have made the switch. ... Regarding the modules, I'd go in the steps above > And we should only move POI to modules when all of our dependencies are > modularized ... ACK, but we might ask them about their Jigsaw plans and about adding the Automatic-Module-Name manifest entry > I do believe that modules are the way to go, but we must be intentional about > it if we are to avoid unintended consequences. If we go in two steps, we don't have two building sites at once ... For the time being, I don't think that adding an Automatic-Module-Name entry would make sense for us. > ... and any questions are met with "you are on a very old version of jqGrid, > try upgrading first". ha ha ... I like that twist, i.e. the implicit comparision to our typical SO answers. Looking at our dependencies, I don't think commons-codec/collection would upgrade before us, but currently I don't think that's a problem -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@poi.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@poi.apache.org
