From harmony-dev-return-6912-apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Tue Apr 25 08:20:29 2006 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 16804 invoked from network); 25 Apr 2006 08:20:21 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 25 Apr 2006 08:20:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 31422 invoked by uid 500); 25 Apr 2006 08:19:54 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 30919 invoked by uid 500); 25 Apr 2006 08:19:52 -0000 Mailing-List: contact harmony-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 30908 invoked by uid 99); 25 Apr 2006 08:19:52 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:19:52 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: domain of anton.avtamonov@gmail.com designates 64.233.162.205 as permitted sender) Received: from [64.233.162.205] (HELO nz-out-0102.google.com) (64.233.162.205) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:19:51 -0700 Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id m22so1033444nzf for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:19:31 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=UkUYyXnJl5/Ud3UeRmdUxBZT/+EmyCaLUYztN2SQMbNuVkl4kTwUQiJ6tfEjG420WC+kOXw7mrDyaBPf0n7oGQ//tHauEpEvVcHTyms0VlrPHCig9+QtAwBTT9Gz2bC0DXScqsOdKVaabvFHNxfr81oDmn8svKGCiiQ0EeA7Waw= Received: by 10.64.193.10 with SMTP id q10mr3052157qbf; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:19:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.251.20 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:19:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <46d21a9a0604250119s78acf457p23cf2510cfbb87b4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:19:31 +0400 From: "Anton Avtamonov" To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [doc] Compatibility guidelines In-Reply-To: <444DDA15.3010804@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <444CE0CB.1000402@gmail.com> <444CE946.2090700@pobox.com> <46d21a9a0604242326p9b26e89qb4f74ef41246c773@mail.gmail.com> <444DDA15.3010804@gmail.com> X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N On 4/25/06, Tim Ellison wrote: > Anton Avtamonov wrote: > > Tim, that is excellent! Thank you. > > > > I have couple of minor questions: > > > > Am I right with interpretation that the primary "source" is the spec > > rather than RI behavior? If the spec is consistent and logical, but > > contradicts to the RI behavior we are basing on spec? I'm asking just > > because that caused lots of debates last time and I want to make sure > > everyone agreed with this statement now. > > That's what I thought we agreed. If the guide does not make that clear > then I am happy to clarify. Guidelines clearly mentioned that. I could not recall if everyone was agree or not :-). As I remember there were lots of people who proposed to base on RI behavior only (to be as much comatible as possible). Personally I'm completely agree with guidelines approach. > > > Another minor comment regarding to the serialization compatibility: > > What if serialization form is not specified and the spec states that > > serialization form will not be compatible with future releases? Does > > it mean we want to copy the existing serialization form? Or we are > > going to define our own? Should it be reflected in the guidelines? > > I suggest that we copy the current RI form (if we can deduce it > honestly) to get better interoperability. +1. -- Anton Avtamonov, Intel Middleware Products Division --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: harmony-dev-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: harmony-dev-help@incubator.apache.org