Re: [proposal] Jakarta Deprecation Policy

2001-05-16 Thread Michael McCallum
> > Let us not kid ourselves, a widely distributed API is expected to be backward >compatible > over *many* major and minor versions. (The distinction between minor and major >versions is > completely arbitrary.) The arbitrary nature of the revisions numbers is what gives us the ability to s

Re: [proposal] Jakarta Deprecation Policy

2001-05-16 Thread Michael McCallum
> What I propose is that we take this document (or one similar to it) and > migrate it up to the overall Jakarta Project instead of just being a Turbine > policy and get all the projects to "sign" their name on it. > > > > I think it would g

Re: [proposal] Jakarta Deprecation Policy

2001-05-16 Thread Ceki Gülcü
At 07:54 16.05.2001 -0400, you wrote: >Jon Stevens wrote: >> >> Well, there haven't been many flame wars around here recently, so let me >> start one. I seem to be good at that. :-) >> >> What I propose is that we take this document (or one similar to it) and >> migrate it up to the overall Jaka

Re: [proposal] Jakarta Deprecation Policy

2001-05-16 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
Jon Stevens wrote: > > Well, there haven't been many flame wars around here recently, so let me > start one. I seem to be good at that. :-) > > What I propose is that we take this document (or one similar to it) and > migrate it up to the overall Jakarta Project instead of just being a Turbine >

Re: [proposal] Jakarta Deprecation Policy

2001-05-15 Thread Remy Maucherat
> Well, there haven't been many flame wars around here recently, so let me > start one. I seem to be good at that. :-) > > What I propose is that we take this document (or one similar to it) and > migrate it up to the overall Jakarta Project instead of just being a Turbine > policy and get all the

Re: [proposal] Jakarta Deprecation Policy

2001-05-15 Thread Peter Donald
At 03:38 15/5/01 -0700, Jon Stevens wrote: >Well, there haven't been many flame wars around here recently, so let me >start one. I seem to be good at that. :-) > >What I propose is that we take this document (or one similar to it) and >migrate it up to the overall Jakarta Project instead of just

Re: [proposal] Jakarta Deprecation Policy

2001-05-15 Thread Daniel F. Savarese
>What I propose is that we take this document (or one similar to it) and >migrate it up to the overall Jakarta Project instead of just being a Turbine >policy and get all the projects to "sign" their name on it. > > +1 >Comments? Nothing cont

Re: [proposal] Jakarta Deprecation Policy

2001-05-15 Thread Craig R. McClanahan
On Tue, 15 May 2001, Jon Stevens wrote: > Well, there haven't been many flame wars around here recently, so let me > start one. I seem to be good at that. :-) > > What I propose is that we take this document (or one similar to it) and > migrate it up to the overall Jakarta Project instead of j

[proposal] Jakarta Deprecation Policy

2001-05-15 Thread Jon Stevens
Well, there haven't been many flame wars around here recently, so let me start one. I seem to be good at that. :-) What I propose is that we take this document (or one similar to it) and migrate it up to the overall Jakarta Project instead of just being a Turbine policy and get all the projects t