We have code close to ready for release that is fully genericised. Let's do that.
On Dec 13, 2011, at 7:43 AM, Christian Grobmeier <grobme...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Ted Dunning <ted.dunn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Frankly, I think that the lack of generics in commons components drives >> away more users than having java 1.4 compatibility retains. >> >> I personally won't incorporate any non-genericized components if I can help >> it. There are a few exceptions where I might like math libraries (oh wait, >> commons-math already uses generics). >> >> Remember, java 1.6 is a few months away from EOL. Adopting it now is >> hardly avant garde. > > +1 > > We are always finding reasons why we should NOT progress. There are > people around who want to build on some "new stuff" as generics > (please mind the irony here) and they are usually not allowed because > of binary compatibility, an elder release supports jdk 1.3 (!) or > something else. This is not do-cracy at all, because the do'ers cannot > do. > > Instead of always blocking new ideas and patches (I have heard the > first generics patch is one year old!) we should find some kind of > process how we handle such questions: > > 1) support for elder commons lib versions > 2) EOL life for elder commons versions > 3) how to incoorperate new and breaking changes > > After all I am not involved in pool. But I think these > questions/problems are commons global. > > Christian > > >> >> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 7:10 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Right now, I'm doing the best I can do for [pool1] and generics. I'll >>> support the code the same way I support any Commons code, when I take the >>> time to do so. If P1.6 is as simple as /only/ adding generics, then I >>> predict we'll see a good adoption rate. >>> > > > > -- > http://www.grobmeier.de > https://www.timeandbill.de > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
