You could talk about what a compress2 version that breaks BC would look like. Are there other changes that would be good in a 2.0 version?
Gary On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Kristian Rosenvold <krosenv...@apache.org> wrote: > > There are quite a few extension points in this class that make > changing it really hard. > > I just committed r1647329 which basically duplicates some code from > this class into another class. As much as I hate duplication, I wasn't > able to achieve what I wanted to without A) breaking some extension > capability of the existing class or B) duplicating the code. > > We are not talking about the "bread and butter" usage of the class > here but rather intricate extensions I'm unsure of how many people > use. If it was up to me I'd break compatibility slightly an make a > JIRA that explains how to migrate forwards and hence move the class to > a somewhat better state. As things are right now I retained > compatibility by not changing the class itself. > > WDYT ? > > Kristian > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
