2015-02-19 5:11 GMT+01:00 Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 7:04 PM, Ben McCann <b...@benmccann.com> wrote: > > > Would it be possible to release 6.0 now and release Mark's patches as 6.1 > > or 7.0? I'm concerned it may be quite a long time before his patches are > > committed since they are not actively being reviewed and there is no > > activity on them for the past couple weeks. > > > > There is little downside to frequent releases in my experience. > Infrequent > > releases on the other hand can be a source of frustration as it means it > > can be quite difficult to use the code that has been committed. > > > +1 >
If those changes don't imply breaking binary compatibility we can include them in 6.1. > > Gary > > > > This is the > > exact reason the node.js community was splintered and the io.js fork was > > created. While end users can easily build from source it can become > > extremely difficult when there are multiple transitive dependencies > relying > > on the library. Users end up having to maintain patched versions not only > > of BCEL but of the libraries that depend on BCEL which means there can be > > quite a bit of overhead. As the length of time between releases grows the > > number of custom patches each user has to separately maintain in each > > library depending on BCEL grows. Right now it has been nine years. > > > > Thanks, > > Ben > > On Feb 10, 2015 1:53 AM, "Ben McCann" <b...@benmccann.com> wrote: > > > > > Great, thanks for the update! > > > > > > Btw, for those not familiar with which issues those are, here's a list > of > > > the ones Mark raised that are not yet resolved: > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BCEL-79 > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BCEL-195 > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BCEL-196 > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BCEL-197 > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BCEL-198 > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BCEL-199 > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BCEL-200 > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BCEL-201 > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BCEL-202 > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BCEL-205 > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BCEL-206 > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BCEL-208 > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BCEL-209 > > > > > > Thanks! > > > -Ben > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 11:32 PM, Emmanuel Bourg <ebo...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > >> Le 09/02/2015 06:29, chengas123 a écrit : > > >> > > >> > BCEL really needs the 6.0 release to be cut or it will no longer be > > >> > compatible with any supported version of Java. Would anyone be able > to > > >> cut a > > >> > new release? > > >> > > >> I will once the issues raised by Marks Roberts are addressed. > > >> > > >> Emmanuel Bourg > > >> > > >> > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > about.me/benmccann > > > > > > > > > -- > 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
