+1 for 2.1.2. People who want to code to the JAX-RS specification, by definition, want to code to the JAX-RS specification, and understand that their code needs to evolve as JAX-RS does, until JAX-RS is at a final released version. It would be a different story if these were changes being made on top of an official released version of JAX-RS (i.e., JAX-RS 2.0 instead of 1.0)--but JSR 311 isn't there yet. Another problem with placing it at 2.2 is that CXF would then need to be maintaining two versions of JAX-RS, the real one on the 2.2 branch and a mutant and undocumented one on 2.1.x.
Glen 2008-07-02 Benson Margulies wrote: > I'm +1 on 2.1.2. People who really care about stability are, I suspect, > sticking with 2.0.x. > > A compromise would be to announce the intention to include in in 2.1.3, and > try to really push down the defect count in 2.1.2. Then people who want to > stay on the old spec could stay on 2.1.2. > > > On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Daniel Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Sergey's commit brings up an interesting topic for discussion: > > > > In general, when doing patch releases, I've tried to keep the impact to a > > bare minimum. I have ported new features to the patch branches, but pretty > > much only if it doesn't affect existing usage. Sergey has done a > > fantastic job of updating the JAX-RS stuff to the latest 0.8 spec and it > > would be good to get people to change to using that. However, it is a > > change that could affect existing code. So, should that be part of 2.1.2 > > or wait for 2.2? > > > > Pros/cons of adding to 2.1.2: > > Pro: It's significantly better and has a bunch of bugs fixed > > Pro: It's closer to the final spec (although the spec is still changing) > > Pro: Going forward, people will need to migrate to it anyway > > > > Con: it does affect existing apps > > > > > > The main con to making it 2.2 only is that 2.2 is quite a ways away. > > People have been asking for some of this stuff so making them wait that long > > could be an issue. > > > > Anyway, I'd like peoples thoughts on this. I've cc'd the users list as > > well as I'd really like the users opinions as well. If the users are > > willing to take the migration hit, I'm more than OK with putting it for > > 2.1.2. > > > > > > --- > > Daniel Kulp > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.dankulp.com/blog > > > > > > > > > >
