That that I think about it, sem ver says we should do 6.0 next, so let's do that.
Next we should discuss if we should change package names. Gary On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org> wrote: > I'm not sure we should rush this... this my be the way to jar hell. But I'm > not using BCEL in my projects so I can not really tell if it's a problem. > > > 2014-04-25 14:57 GMT+02:00 Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>: > > > Either version # is fine with me. > > > > Gary > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Torsten Curdt <tcu...@vafer.org> wrote: > > > > > Go go go! Thanks for looking into this :) > > > > > > IIRC there is so much stuff fixed and changed from 5.2 - I think > > > calling it 6.0 expresses this better than 5.3. > > > Especially with the changes to the visitor interface. > > > > > > cheers, > > > Torsten > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Emmanuel Bourg <ebo...@apache.org> > > > wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I'm currently working on the migration to Java 8 in Debian and > several > > > > packages are broken due to the lack of invokedynamic support in BCEL > > 5.2 > > > > (the dreaded ClassFormatException: Invalid byte tag in constant pool: > > > > 18). I think it's high time for a release. Even if the current code > > > > isn't perfect it's far better than BCEL 5.2 (there are ~60 issues > fixed > > > > in JIRA). > > > > > > > > The code on the trunk isn't fully compatible with the previous > release > > > > due to the addition of methods to the Visitor interface. By Commons > > > > standards we would usually change the package, however I think it's > > safe > > > > to keep the org.apache.bcel package as is. The Visitor interface is > > > > never implemented directly, I have found that projects always extend > > the > > > > EmptyVisitor class instead. I've rebuilt several projects using BCEL > > > > (ant, ant-contrib, clirr, clirr-maven-plugin, ha-jdbc, jbossas, jibx, > > > > mx4j, xalan, maven-shared-jar, robocode) and they all worked fine > with > > > > the current snapshot. > > > > > > > > The code on the trunk is numbered 6.0, are we ok with that or should > we > > > > use 5.3 for the next release? > > > > > > > > Emmanuel Bourg > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > > > -- > 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
