I don't think thats an issue? Generics use type erasure - its just compile time - so its binary compatible with any previous code that doesn't use generics.
- Mark Shai Erera wrote: > What will be w/ generics? Won't they break cack-compat as soon as we > add them (e.g., if we move to accepting parameters as generics - it > may break an application which does not use generics yet). I think > that the move to 1.5 needs to include the generics as well, unless > we're willing to break back-compat later on. > > Shai > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Mark Miller <markrmil...@gmail.com > <mailto:markrmil...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Michael McCandless wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Mark > Miller<markrmil...@gmail.com <mailto:markrmil...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > >> I forgot about this oddity. Its so weird. Its like we are doing two > >> releases on top of each other - it just seems confusing. > >> > > > > I'm also not wed to the "fast turnaround" (remove deprecations, > switch > > to generics) 3.0 release. > > > > We could, instead, take out time doing the 3.0 release, ie let it > > include new features too. > > > > I thought I had read a motivation for the 1.9 -> 2.0 fast > turnaround, > > but I can't remember it nor find it now... > > > > Mike > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > <mailto:java-dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org> > > For additional commands, e-mail: java-dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > <mailto:java-dev-h...@lucene.apache.org> > > > > > I thought the motivation was to provide a clean upgrade path with the > deprecations - you move to 2.9 and move from all the deprecated > methods > - then you move to 3.0 and your good with no deprecations. I'd > guess the > worry is that new features in 3.0 would add new deprecations and > its not > quite so clean? > > Personally, I think thats fine though. New deprecations will come > in 3.1 > anyway. You can still move everything in 2.9, and then move to 3.0 > - so > what if something else is now deprecated? You can move again or > wait for > 3.9 to move ... > > -- > - Mark > > http://www.lucidimagination.com > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > <mailto:java-dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: java-dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > <mailto:java-dev-h...@lucene.apache.org> > > -- - Mark http://www.lucidimagination.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
