On Dec 13, 2011, at 0:12, Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Dec 12, 2011, at 8:36 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi All: >> >> We keep on maintaining 1.5.x, that is very good :) >> >> But, I for one, am tired of not having generics and do not feel like >> rushing 2.0 just to get them. > >> > I think we are actually pretty close on 2.0. I think it's best to put energy > there. The only reason I am cutting 1.5.7 is so I can cut a DBCP release > bundling a bunch of big fixes. Adding another pool line to chase line > numbers in stack traces and port bug fixes to does not sound fun to me. All > that is left for 2.0 is to decide on what is mutable and some doco / general > tidy. I think Seb is right that we should be able to get 2 out with a > minimalist API and add later.
Well that's good to know. I am looking for a drop in for 1.5 with generics and I'm pretty sure 2.0 is not going to be a drop in. I'm just experimenting with the code at this point, which seems pretty safe because generics as we all know is just compile time sugar. Let's keep taking about 2.0! Gary > > Phil > >> Which is why I propose to create a 1.6 branch/release based on the current >> 1.X branch just to add generics, nothing less, nothing more. This requires >> Java 5, but I would not make any other Java 5 related changes. >> >> Let's let 2.0 simmer until it is just so, but I want generics in 1.x! >> >> Thoughts? >> >> Gary >> >> -- >> E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org >> JUnit in Action, 2nd Ed: <http://goog_1249600977>http://bit.ly/ECvg0 >> Spring Batch in Action: <http://s.apache.org/HOq>http://bit.ly/bqpbCK >> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >> Home: http://garygregory.com/ >> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
