On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org> wrote:
> Okay, so how would you feel if BU2 would depend on Java 7 instead of Java > 6? Is this acceptable from your PoV? > Not that you asked me ;) but I'm OK with that. Gary > > > 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 > -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition<http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
