Okay, so how would you feel if BU2 would depend on Java 7 instead of Java 6? Is this acceptable from your PoV?
2014-03-03 14:10 GMT+01:00 Adrian Crum <adrian.c...@sandglass-software.com>: > The Assertions class works fine and it serves its purpose. There is no > need to make the library dependent on another library. > > Going that route, as a developer/user of the library, I would be forced to > download and install two libraries instead of one. So it is more > complication and work for me. > > > Adrian Crum > Sandglass Software > www.sandglass-software.com > > On 3/3/2014 12:07 AM, Benedikt Ritter wrote: > >> Hi Adrian >> >> >> 2014-03-02 8:03 GMT+01:00 Adrian Crum <adrian.c...@sandglass-software.com >> >: >> >> On 3/1/2014 9:33 AM, Benedikt Ritter wrote: >>> >>> I don't like the idea of creating some kind of component hierarchy, >>>> where >>>> components higher up may depend on lower levels libs. This should be >>>> decided for every individual case. >>>> >>>> >>> I agree. If I just want some basic low-level library, I don't want it to >>> have a multitude of silly dependencies. >>> >>> One of the main problems with this community is the >>> top-down-one-size-fits-all mentality. It just makes things a lot harder >>> than they should be from a user's/developer's perspective. >>> >>> >> I don't understand what you mean with this. Can you explain some more? >> >> >> >>> Adrian Crum >>> Sandglass Software >>> www.sandglass-software.com >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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 > > -- http://people.apache.org/~britter/ http://www.systemoutprintln.de/ http://twitter.com/BenediktRitter http://github.com/britter
