2014-10-17 14:42 GMT+02:00 Romain Manni-Bucau <rmannibu...@gmail.com>:

> 2014-10-17 13:52 GMT+02:00 Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>:
> > On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 6:24 AM, Romain Manni-Bucau <
> rmannibu...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> 2014-10-17 12:23 GMT+02:00 Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org>:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > 2014-10-16 15:30 GMT+02:00 Romain Manni-Bucau <rmannibu...@gmail.com
> >:
> >> >
> >> > <snip>
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> In TomEE the stack uses [lang], then [lang3] was created and now
> TomEE
> >> >> needs [lang] + [lang3] where actually it only needs [lang] features,
> >> >> ie suppose package didn't change then we wouldn't have had any issue.
> >> >> So it means you tend to import multiple versions of the same lib just
> >> >> cause few parts were broken even if it doesn't affect you. That's a
> >> >> bit sad IMO.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > If there is anything missing in lang3 that blocks you from migrating
> >> > completely, can you tell us what that is? Maybe we can fix that...
> >> >
> >>
> >> Issue is not in [commons] but in dependencies. The code we own
> >> migrated but not all our deps.
> >>
> >
> >
> > I suggest you ask/Jira each dep to update their [lang] to the latest.
> That
> > has worked for me in the past with different FOSS projects I've made the
> > request about this and that libraries.
> >
> > Some projects will be receptive and at least reply to you right away,
> > others won't. Patches help of course since will require at least import
> > changes.
> >
>
> yep, main issue ATM is some can't or doesn't maitain the version we
> use - excepted for security issues (we are bound to a EE version for
> instance). It meanse it will be forgotten in few years but it also
> means we can get the same with [lang3] and [lang4] so clearly
> something to tackle at [commons] level. We can't just ask everybody to
> update each time IMHO.
>

The alternative is, that TomEE won't run at all because of incompatible API
changes. I would vote for the lesser evil ;-)


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> >
> >
> >>
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