Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-db-derby-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 15179 invoked from network); 8 Sep 2005 05:28:50 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 8 Sep 2005 05:28:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 52295 invoked by uid 500); 8 Sep 2005 05:28:49 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-db-derby-dev-archive@db.apache.org Received: (qmail 52269 invoked by uid 500); 8 Sep 2005 05:28:49 -0000 Mailing-List: contact derby-dev-help@db.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: "Derby Development" Delivered-To: mailing list derby-dev@db.apache.org Received: (qmail 52256 invoked by uid 99); 8 Sep 2005 05:28:49 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:28:49 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.4 required=10.0 tests=SPF_HELO_FAIL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (asf.osuosl.org: local policy) Received: from [32.97.110.130] (HELO e32.co.us.ibm.com) (32.97.110.130) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:29:01 -0700 Received: from d03relay04.boulder.ibm.com (d03relay04.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.106]) by e32.co.us.ibm.com (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j885SkKL389702 for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2005 01:28:46 -0400 Received: from d03av01.boulder.ibm.com (d03av01.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.167]) by d03relay04.boulder.ibm.com (8.12.10/NCO/VERS6.7) with ESMTP id j885T8YG473880 for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 23:29:08 -0600 Received: from d03av01.boulder.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d03av01.boulder.ibm.com (8.12.11/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j885SkiQ012404 for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 23:28:46 -0600 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (sig-9-48-113-206.mts.ibm.com [9.48.113.206]) by d03av01.boulder.ibm.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j885ScDx012302 for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 23:28:43 -0600 Message-ID: <431FCC06.5050005@debrunners.com> Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:28:38 -0700 From: Daniel John Debrunner User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040910 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Derby Development Subject: Re: [jira] Commented: (DERBY-289) Enable code sharing between Derby client and engine References: <2143975039.1126139911421.JavaMail.jira@ajax.apache.org> <431F8F1B.5010205@apache.org> In-Reply-To: <431F8F1B.5010205@apache.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.90.0.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Jeremy Boynes wrote: > David Van Couvering (JIRA) wrote: > >> >> >> VERSION DETECTION >> >> The Version class will be defined as a common class and is used to >> define a version and check for compatibility between a consumer and >> the common package. Here is a first pass at the methods on this class. >> > > > Do we need a custom implementation or can we use the version information > returned from java.lang.Package().getSpecificationVersion() ? I agree, or can it be even simpler? Is a three part version number really required for common components? Could a simple integer suffice? Dan.