Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-commons-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 17839 invoked from network); 8 Mar 2009 01:14:26 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 8 Mar 2009 01:14:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 82629 invoked by uid 500); 8 Mar 2009 01:14:25 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-commons-dev-archive@commons.apache.org Received: (qmail 82539 invoked by uid 500); 8 Mar 2009 01:14:25 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@commons.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: "Commons Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list dev@commons.apache.org Received: (qmail 82528 invoked by uid 99); 8 Mar 2009 01:14:25 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:14:25 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [217.146.188.65] (HELO smtp805.mail.ird.yahoo.com) (217.146.188.65) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with SMTP; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:14:14 +0000 Received: (qmail 15922 invoked from network); 8 Mar 2009 01:13:54 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=btopenworld.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Antivirus:X-Antivirus-Status; b=rxwsN9U0KRg0ZzH45z86iR3hOVD4crPKFG3fd9klAWWf/LHYp9XmOc5JgNr6OstocaPVPNx77kaBZhWKd1ZfcaNlL3akD1a5XFd95nkEtg452ViOi3GRLfdzTJ7qlXOb055PX0Fz7S/4JajjhqanEbOdSG8uZHSByJEwCycp5k0= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?127.0.0.1?) (scolebourne@86.146.89.145 with plain) by smtp805.mail.ird.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 Mar 2009 01:13:53 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: Nz4THPsVM1mWMQ3hgSbmQJxKQIMzDDkAXhmG1Qp_hEcMmn7rXu3zQ5G8x10dgZuJwjaX8dWxrjw9ivU6MdXep4AknMJInU79g1db9oHJfEdrfugAr7tA2Gr7pkLQEbBsJVSCd8Ee4IqhOuyLlkZkHakyR0ErGy5Y9c6RqeAGKLXdip4zlmBLBY50ismY X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Message-ID: <49B31BD2.5050100@btopenworld.com> Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:13:54 +0000 From: Stephen Colebourne User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Commons Developers List Subject: Re: [DBUTILS] Version numbering References: <25aac9fc0903070732p8efbcb1oe05a17277d0a7611@mail.gmail.com> <31cc37360903071635i2bb49222n3d9aea202a27876d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <31cc37360903071635i2bb49222n3d9aea202a27876d@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 090306-0, 06/03/2009), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Henri Yandell wrote: > I believe we can call it 1.2 - as long as it's API compatible then tis good. > > The Java5 version is more up for debate. If the API is no longer > compatible, then we start to lean to 2.0. Especially as calling it 2.0 > allows for more of an overhaul of API. > > There's also an argument that wants the package names changed for each > major version. The package name only needs to change if the new version is backwards binary incompatible. The definition is that two (or more) other open source projects depending on the same commons project must be able to upgrade at separate times without impacting users. Stephen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@commons.apache.org