Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-commons-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 27901 invoked from network); 9 Mar 2009 14:43:47 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 9 Mar 2009 14:43:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 53832 invoked by uid 500); 9 Mar 2009 14:43:45 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-commons-dev-archive@commons.apache.org Received: (qmail 53744 invoked by uid 500); 9 Mar 2009 14:43:45 -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 53733 invoked by uid 99); 9 Mar 2009 14:43:44 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:43:44 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.2 required=10.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of lscoughlin@gmail.com designates 209.85.221.127 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.221.127] (HELO mail-qy0-f127.google.com) (209.85.221.127) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:43:36 +0000 Received: by qyk33 with SMTP id 33so1212499qyk.10 for ; Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:43:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=uTunYQPxqLUNX+NmydZmO9Tn5m6xI4WkJLgKHWRnH/Y=; b=hAJPsNbZ0aL39k5wRuAuXEVOM5glJ9VEcVIU1JxFAeHFKJ8oUNtBHojc679VNSGYgo +19YWNPCYno24Ohpl08EBQLM65qD/jL0v7QU+1wNFOZj//83ClmiyfLDaQhubNN02y9F Pd6PYaJ7RU3ujEGbkl/UR5cdKgJF0YsdIDNqs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=t3DU8GMsozw0/VPjaygngzLCSvwrbiYa4M+v2JgDnZwrQaKEpKNn3gT/S+qmTH3n1l yPYv6xcZRJawtzuZYcCLEYb8tNNXevs7unGNnOzjNMjdb0U/WMp/DfeSrIPTeNt57Uim gXftf7RFdZqlJBmRNk3DJk52HFenyjXgrbEEc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.84.82 with SMTP id i18mr2374681qcl.90.1236609783413; Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:43:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <25aac9fc0903070732p8efbcb1oe05a17277d0a7611@mail.gmail.com> <31cc37360903071635i2bb49222n3d9aea202a27876d@mail.gmail.com> <49B3A620.3000508@btopenworld.com> <958d2d1f0903080750kbbe5062q905421a218d94c96@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 10:43:03 -0400 Message-ID: <958d2d1f0903090743x6964cb0axf7bdc1304351f552@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [DBUTILS] Version numbering From: Liam Coughlin To: Commons Developers List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00163646d53eded10b0464b0a634 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --00163646d53eded10b0464b0a634 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit That makes a little more sense then how I read the Stephen originally, and yes you're probably right -- though I don't think you're going to be able to get much varargs in without wrecking binary anyway since a lot of the parameter ordering doesn't lend itself to it. I just don't feel that a 1.3 java 5 "Now with Special Sauce but the Same Old Hamburger" release would be all that useful in the long run, but i could be completely wrong. Cheers, -L n@fabulich.com > wrote: > > "NEEDS" is a little strong.... I think there's room in the world for a > > backwards-compatible dbutils 1.3 with generics and varargs followed > shortly > > afterward by a more thoroughly re-worked dbutils 2.0. > > --00163646d53eded10b0464b0a634--