7 messages in org.apache.commons.devRE: java.util.Service| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Jörg Schaible | Mar 9, 2006 4:59 am | |
| Craig McClanahan | Mar 9, 2006 9:03 am | |
| Simon Kitching | Mar 9, 2006 12:36 pm | |
| Jörg Schaible | Mar 9, 2006 12:56 pm | |
| Jörg Schaible | Mar 9, 2006 11:29 pm | |
| Jörg Schaible | Mar 10, 2006 12:07 am | |
| robert burrell donkin | Mar 11, 2006 3:07 am |
| Subject: | RE: java.util.Service | |
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| From: | robert burrell donkin (robe...@blueyonder.co.uk) | |
| Date: | Mar 11, 2006 3:07:20 am | |
| List: | org.apache.commons.dev | |
On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 08:29 +0100, Jörg Schaible wrote:
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I wonder anyway, why we don't try to consolidate discovery, if it makes all this
trouble
(wondering why we have a 0.2 released project in proper) ...
0.x releases solve the problem of a component that is needed by other projects and wanted by users but whose API is not believed to be sufficiently stable to promise backwards compatibility. the code base is of sufficient maturity to be recommended for use but users need to be made aware that upgrading may not be as smooth as is usual for most components.
the alternatives are much worse: components like jelly who have been in alpha for years because their API is not stable or having to allow releases of components from the sandbox.
- robert