On 9 March 2012 19:02, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, so now, it look like the next release will be 1.7 and not 1.6.1 because
> of the addition of new Nysiis codec.

+1, it's significant new code.

> Would [CODEC-134 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CODEC-134>] be OK
> in 1.7 or should it be for a 2.0?

Depends on how it's implemented - does it change the behaviour for end-users?

> Gary
>
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Ok, so where are we on all this and specifically 
>> [CODEC-134<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CODEC-134>
>> ]?
>>
>> It seems that [CODEC-134 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CODEC-134>],
>> if applied should be for a 1.x, not a 1.x.y because of the change of
>> behavior.
>>
>> If it is not applied, then we need... new classes or more behavior in the
>> current class tunnable with something (constructor, config object)
>>
>> We also need someone to implement it...
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Gary
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:35 PM, Julius Davies <juliusdav...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe time to add a Base64(int mode) constructor!   Yay, room for 32
>>> true/false bitwise fields!
>>>
>>> Sorry I can't respond inline to the email like a normal person.   Bad
>>> habit.
>>>
>>> yours,
>>>
>>> Julius
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 11:40 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > On 6 March 2012 19:33, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> What about passing in a "boolean strict" to the constructor of the
>>> codecs?
>>> >
>>> > What does strict mean? See my comment:
>>> >
>>> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CODEC-95#comment-12986951
>>> >
>>> > If we do add another parameter (which is not popular with others), at
>>> > least let's make sure it's the last one we need to add.
>>> >
>>> >> Gary
>>> >>
>>> >> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Julius Davies <juliusdav...@gmail.com
>>> >wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Hi,
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> CODEC-95 talked about these issues, too (in this case with Base64).
>>> >>>
>>> >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CODEC-95
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Personally, I would prefer to see some new "strict" classes defined,
>>> >>> and to preserve the garbage-in/garbage-out behaviour on the current
>>> >>> existing classes.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Here are the new classes I would like to see:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Base32Strict
>>> >>> Base32StrictInputStream
>>> >>> Base32StrictOutputStream
>>> >>> Base64Strict
>>> >>> Base64StrictInputStream
>>> >>> Base64StrictOutputStream
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> At the same time it does make the API a bit more intimidating and
>>> >>> harder to learn, but I think striving for drop-in
>>> >>> reverse-compatibility of the existing classes is desirable.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> yours,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Julius
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 6:11 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>> > Hello All,
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > We have a patch for
>>> >>> > [CODEC-134<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CODEC-134>]
>>> >>> > but it is a change in behavior. In order to avoid a potential nasty
>>> >>> > surprise for call sites, we need to decide when something like this
>>> can
>>> >>> be
>>> >>> > done.
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > In 1.6 and before, we had garbage-in-garbage-out behavior. With the
>>> >>> patch,
>>> >>> > you get an exception.
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > 1) Is the proposed patch acceptable in the sense that we do not
>>> whant
>>> >>> GIGO?
>>> >>> > Should there instead be a validate method for example?
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > 2) What kind of version is this change in behavior acceptable?
>>> >>> Maintenance
>>> >>> > (1.6.1), Minor (1.7) or Major (2.0)?
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > Thank you,
>>> >>> > Gary
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > [CODEC-134] Base32 would decode some invalid Base32 encoded string
>>> into
>>> >>> > arbitrary value
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > --
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>>> >>> --
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>>> >>>
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>>> >>>
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>>>
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