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Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 01:24:03 +0000
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Subject: Re: [fileupload] drop JDK1.3 support, update to 1.5 and bump to 2.0.0
From: sebb <sebbaz@gmail.com>
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On 5 March 2013 20:56, Simone Tripodi <simonetripodi@apache.org> wrote:
> Thanks both Gary and Sebb,
>
>> It seems very unlikely that anyone will still be running Java 1.3 or
>> Java 1.4, so the change to 1.5 is not likely to concern users, even
>> though it is a bit of a jump.
>> Is the addition of generics sufficiently significant?
>
> what you said makes perfectly sense, 2.0.0 is not justified ATM, I
> just had in mind the [digester] case, which had to be an exception,
> once the [pool] case came back in my mind, it reminded me the right
> workflow.
>
> I don't have enough time to do a major rewrite, I am rolling back the
> version to 1.2.3 and do minor updates.

Why not 1.3 ?

Or at least wait until you see how much is changed before deciding
whether it deserves a point release or a minor release bump.

> Thanks again,
> -Simo
>
> http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/
> http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/
> http://twitter.com/simonetripodi
> http://www.99soft.org/
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 9:35 PM, sebb <sebbaz@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 5 March 2013 19:57, Simone Tripodi <simonetripodi@apache.org> wrote:
>>>>> Just for the record: I don't intend to do a major rewrite ATM, just
>>>>> update and bugfix.
>>>>
>>>> So why the change to 2.0?
>>>
>>> I intend to add at least generics, where possible - in the past, the
>>> introduction of generics in digester justified the update from
>>> digester-1.8 to digester-2.0.
>>>
>>> Is the generics introduction enough to justify the major bump?
>>
>> AFAIK, it's not covered by the Commons conventions:
>>
>> http://commons.apache.org/releases/versioning.html#Major_Releases
>>
>> I'm not against bumping to 2.0, but I'm not sure it's necessary here.
>>
>> Does a bump give the right impression to end users?
>>
>> It seems very unlikely that anyone will still be running Java 1.3 or
>> Java 1.4, so the change to 1.5 is not likely to concern users, even
>> though it is a bit of a jump.
>> Is the addition of generics sufficiently significant?
>>
>>> TIA,
>>> -Simo
>>>
>>> http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/
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>>> http://twitter.com/simonetripodi
>>> http://www.99soft.org/
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