I think it would be nice to detail in the beta release notes what expectations should be WRT API stability between the beta and release.
Gary On Wed, Jul 27, 2022, 00:34 Matt Juntunen <matt.a.juntu...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 > > It would be great to get this code out to developers. > > Regards, > Matt J > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 11:46 AM Gilles Sadowski <gillese...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Le lun. 25 juil. 2022 à 16:38, Alex Herbert <alex.d.herb...@gmail.com> > a écrit : > > > > > > On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 at 14:37, Gilles Sadowski <gillese...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > Hello. > > > > > > > > How about making a "beta" release of the next major version: > > > > 4.0-beta1 > > > > ? > > > > > > > > This > > > > https://commons.apache.org/ > > > > page refers to a "1.0-beta1" release [Statistics] that does not > > > > seem to exist. This is a required dependency for [Math]. > > > > > > > > > > I have been held up with other things so have not made progress on the > > > releases: Numbers -> RNG -> Statistics > > > > > > Statistics requires: > > > > > > - a new version of numbers to obtain the updated more accurate Brent > solver > > > for the inverse CDF computation, plus all the work on the beta and > gamma > > > functions. - a new version of RNG that has updated distribution > samplers > > > > > > I think numbers could be released now. > > > > > > Ideally I would like to add a SplittableUniformRandomProvider > interface to > > > RNG before it is released with the new XBG generators. These are > splittable > > > in the JDK and it makes sense to do this now as RNG now supports Java > 8 and > > > this functionality applies to Splittable streams. This is not > essential and > > > it could be released as it is. However the splittable functionality > may be > > > limited if added later with constraints of binary compatibility. I > would > > > rather try to put it in now. I have done a lot of thinking on adding > to the > > > API so I could try and put this up on a Jira ticket for discussion. > > > > IMHO, we should expose the current, several years old, state of [Math] so > > that users may become aware of what they miss out (in [RNG], [Numbers] > > and [Geometry]) by still using version 3.6.1. > > A release makes it easier for application developers to test (and perhaps > > provide feedback and contribute here). A "beta" release will allow us > to fix > > things without BC constraints. > > We could also make a "beta" release of [RNG] (1.5-beta1), on which > > [Statistics] (1.0-beta1) and [Math] (4.0-beta1) would depend, with the > > same advantage. > > > > Best, > > Gilles > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > >
