Hi.

> >
> > having a self-contained library is indeed *really* important, you get
> > a big +1 from my side.
> >
> > Anyway, I'd suggest you to adopt a strategy of shading [graph] stuff
> > useful for math, without duplicating the code nor bring the [graph]
> > dependency in [math].
> >
> > [graph] codebase is ATM in a decent state, what we miss is a little
> > bit of documentation and 2-3 algorithms impl, but in therms of design
> > I think we found a way and additional stuff can be added later in new
> > releases.
> > OTOH, we are still a little far from having  arelease in the immediate
> > future, so I cannot promise "we are ready in 1 month" to release :P
> >
> 
> As Gilles said, the self-containment of CM is a strong point, and I doubt
> if this policy should be changed.
> OTOH, duplicating things does not make sense either, so we will have to
> see. If the addition of these new features
> results in a o.a.c.m.graph package, then CM is maybe not the right place
> for it.

I think that the most promising route is, as suggested, to package the
[graph] code inside the CM JAR: code reuse + complete control over the
dependency.

Maybe that the shading "trick" could have spared us a lot of discussion
about other topics (namely the use of "cal10n"...).


Best,
Gilles

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org

Reply via email to