Hello. > > [...] > > > > Attempting to re-awaken this thread. > > IMO the bloomfilter package is currently under development. The original > contributor was working through submitting Bloom filter functionality in > parts. My involvement was to ensure the current code that was initially > merged was documented (in javadoc) and functioned as described. This led to > changes of the current functionality and ideas for changes. There were many > ideas in this thread history that were discussed, some agreed and not yet > implemented, some still open for discussion. > > Development has stalled and the vision for the final package has not been > completed. At present the bloomfilter added to collections does not use > generics and it has very little to do with java.util.Collection. So is it > even in the remit of commons-collections?
What would be the alternative(s)? > > I suggested moving to a development branch while the package functionality is > stabilised if any other contributors wish to work on this. IIRC, in Commons, branches other than "master" have usually become stale, unfortunately. They've been rare, and worked on by a single person... Perhaps somehow mark the feature as not ready, and to be removed from the release branch (?). > I have left development alone as it seems redundant to progress without a > defined scope for the ultimate functionality. Do you mean that progress depends on intended usage? > > Opinions on how to proceed? I got lost along the way; sorry. Are there still uncertainties about the "basic" features? Regards, Gilles > > Alex > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
