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Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:19:00 +0100
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Subject: Re: [VOTE] Apache CouchDB 1.2.0 release, first round
From: Benoit Chesneau <bchesneau@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Robert Newson <rnewson@apache.org> wrote:
> I'd like some opinions on whether COUCHDB-1407 constitutes a release
> blocking issue. Yes, I understand that the JSON spec is very weak on
> numbers, blah blah boo splat. Is this because of the switch to ejson?
> Is jiffy more compatible on this score?
>
> For my part, I'm close to considering it a release-blocking
> regression. At the very least this change should be included at
> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Breaking_changes#Changes_Between_1.1.0_and=
_1.2.0
> but I'd rather it was fixed.
>
> B.

Imo, it's a release blocking:

1. it's a regression
2. we shouldn't change the way the number has been inserted until it
follows the spec.

- beno=EEt