I'd suggest to move -datetime to WicketStuff and add a ticket to improve the DateConverter in -utils with timezone support for Wicket 8. Sooner 7.0.0 is released, sooner we can start working on Wicket 8 that will depend on JDK 8. WDYT ?
Martin Grigorov Wicket Training and Consulting https://twitter.com/mtgrigorov On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 3:49 PM, Martijn Dashorst <[email protected] > wrote: > I'd rather upgrade to java 8 than depend on jodatime in core. Jodatime > is a stopgap until java 8 gains enough traction. > > Martijn > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 2:18 PM, Andrea Del Bene <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Sorry, I was mistaken by another pair of namesake classes named > > DateConverter.... DateTextField from extensions module uses DateConverter > > from utils module, not the one from datetime. So in short, I agree to > > decommission datetime and move it as it is to wicketstuff. The only minor > > thing I'm concerned of is that DateConverter from utils doesn't seem to > be > > able to take the time zone difference between clients and the server into > > account. So it might be nice to keep such a DateConvert as part of Wicket > > distribution. It would be easy to add another date converter for this > > purpose (for example TimeZoneDateConverter) coping the one from datetime. > > The only downside of this solution is that we must move the dependency on > > Joda to utils module... > > > >> I was thinking: > >> a) move the module from Apache Wicket master branch to WicketStuff > master > >> branch > >> b) explain in the migration guide that the Maven dependency and the > >> package > >> names have changed from X to Y > >> > >> But with all the suggestions to move and merge classes I am not so sure > >> that the migration process will be very smooth for the end user > >> > >> Martin Grigorov > >> Wicket Training and Consulting > >> https://twitter.com/mtgrigorov > >> > >> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Andrea Del Bene <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > Become a Wicket expert, learn from the best: http://wicketinaction.com >
