On 19/05/2009, Gilles Sadowski <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org> wrote: > Hi. > > > > Given that there *are* incompatibilities, I am +1 on the package renaming. > > > > >> Should we change the top level package name from org.apache.commons.math > >> to org.apache.commons.math2 ? > >> > > > I don't understand why version 2.0 should be assimilated to a new project. > Is there someone who is going to work on the v1.2 code base? If not, what is > the gain? > Anyone who has an application that runs under v1.2 can still use the > old JAR, which will be forever compatible.
Yes, that's fine for many applications. Howver, the application could include other software that required a later version of Math; the only sure way to avoid clashes is to use different class names. > As it has been said, upgrading to a new major release may involve > incompatible changes. > > > Gilles > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
