Agree, IMO at least a major release would need to be released and a profound change in the architecture would need to be applied in order to justify a change in the package naming. Backward compatibility is very important.
cheers -- Joan Llenas Masó http://joan.garnet.io @joangarnet (es) @joanllenas (en) On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 14:13, Nicholas Kwiatkowski <nicho...@spoon.as>wrote: > On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 4:44 AM, Rick Winscot <rick.wins...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Flex Release > > # package names... if anyone has worked 'around' the SDK and ended up > > monkey patching components they'll know what I'm talking about; if we > > keep the existing namespaces - the collisions, conflicts, and > > framework caching issues could stall progress (in a bad way). If we > > change the package structure... it will minimize conflicts and give us > > a clear path (identity) forward without having to worry about > > intermingling bytecode ( wink wink ). > > > > Also... this would be a first / relatively easy change that would > > warrant a first release - establishing the Apache Flex Framework. > > > > > Lets not bring this up again -- it's already been discussed ad-nausea in > the past. We don't want to change the package names for 4.6.1. It would > break ALL the compatibility with previous versions for very little gain. > Anybody who has written a component that extends ANY component would need > to update it to work with the Apache Flex. Every example, book, blog post > out there would no longer be valid -- and that would hurt us in the end. > > Maybe much further down the road this is something we should consider, but > for right now, lets put out a release with bug fixes and critical updates > to show we know how to push things forward rather than cosmetic changes... > > -Nick > > > > > > R > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 3:52 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz > > <bdelacre...@apache.org> wrote: > > > ...not immediately - but I've created > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-1 to keep track of the > > > major steps towards graduation. > > > > > > There's a discussion in the Incubator PMC currently about how to > > > better keep track of podlings' status and help the move forward, I > > > think this will help. > > > > > > -Bertrand > > >
