On 03/01/2013 02:36 AM, sebb wrote: > On 28 February 2013 17:24, Thomas Neidhart <thomas.neidh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am planning to change the groupId/artifactId very soon to the >> following name (see COLLECTIONS-382): org.apache.commons.collections4 >> >> This will also have a big impact on the serialization tests. >> >> Just that everybody is aware whats going to happen. >> >> Thomas >> >> P.S. I know some people may not be happy with this, but I do not see how >> we would be able to ship a backwards compatible version to the 3.x >> branch with the current state of the trunk. > > If it really is impossible to maintain backwards compatibility, then > yes, you need to change Maven coordinates AND Java package name. Do > not change one without the other. > > This means that end users will have to edit their source. > > Not changing package name at the same time as Maven coords will cause > insoluble class loading problems for some applications.
I had it already in mind (see serialization tests), but forgot to mention it explicitly. So yes, when doing the change, I will do everything together, though first I have to integrate a few more patches as it will be quite difficult afterwards. Thomas --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
