On Monday 14 February 2011 9:23:27 AM Benson Margulies wrote: > No, it isn't compatible. > > I can see your logic as to how someone might end up with incompatible > versions, but I don't, at this point, want to change the package > names. 2.0 has been under development for a year, and I've advertised > it on the user list, incompatibility and all, on several occasions. No > one has raised this issue. > > Anyone who runs into this can always use classloader technology to > achieve isolation. I won't claim that this would be painless. > > As an example of another ASF project, I think that commons-http client > has not changed package names as they have gone through several major > versions of incompatibility, though I could be confused. > > Obviously, it would only take me about a day to change the package > name, so if there are a bunch of people who agree with you, I'll > capitulate. Let's see what other people think.
I personally think it should keep the existing package names. It's highly unusual, I feel, to have version numbers burned into the package names. I don't see many (any?) projects doing that. Dan > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Jochen Wiedmann > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is release 2.0 binary compatible with 1.x? If so, a clirr report would > > be good to demonstrate this compatibility. > > > > Otherwise, wouldn't it be better to change the package name? Note, > > that schema is a component that is relatively likely to be used by > > different parts of an application and in different versions. > > > > Jochen > > > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Benson Margulies <[email protected]> wrote: > >> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachews-001/ > >> > >> The above URL is a staging repository for the proposed 2.0 release of > >> XML schema. > >> > >> This release is a significant housecleaning of XmlSchema: updated to > >> use Java 1.5 collections, rationalize the data model, and generally > >> try to make it a simpler and more efficient beast. > >> > >> The CXF trunk has been testing against this version for a couple of > >> months now, so I think it's time for a release. > >> > >> This vote will run for 72 hours. > >> > >> Options as usual as -1, 0, +1. > >> > >> I vote +1. > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > -- > > I Am What I Am And That's All What I Yam (Popeye) > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] -- Daniel Kulp [email protected] http://dankulp.com/blog --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
