On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Cyril Briquet <cyril.briq...@canopeer.org> wrote: >> >> [math] from org.apache.commons.math to org.apache.commons.math2. >> >> [] +1 change the top level package name >> [] 0 I don't care >> [] -1 keep the old name >> >> Vote open for 72 hours (up to Friday May 19th 20h00 UTC) >> > > Suggestion: > * keep as many package names as possible (i.e. org.apache.commons.math.*) > * deprecate as few packages (classes) as possible > * introduce new packages as org.apache.commons.mathx.* > (notice x instead of 2, and only for new, incompatible stuff) > > Yes, this would increase the codebase to maintain, > but isn't there more than one way to compute things? > > I have no clue whether it'd be tractable, that's just my 2 cents > (java.awt / javax.swing made think of that). > > > Anyway, I completely agree to prevent any jar hell issue, so > +0 (non-binding) for package renaming to org.apache.commons.math2.* >
If you don't change the package name, you risk a name collision if two different versions of the library are on the classpath (allowable since we're changing the maven artifact id). --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
