On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 10:06 AM Gilles Sadowski <gillese...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi. > > Le sam. 16 nov. 2024 à 14:45, Emmanuel Bourg <ebo...@apache.org> a écrit : > > > > Le 15/11/2024 à 17:08, Gary D. Gregory a écrit : > > > FYI: The revert has now been implemented with the exception of keeping > the change from Commons Codec Base64 to Java 8 Base68. > > > > Hi Gary, > > > > I don't understand your stubbornness on this subject, Commons Compress > > had zero dependencies for over 10 years, the general sentiment from the > > recent discussions seems to point toward avoiding such a dependency > > bloat, your change was never discussed on the list, it broke Commons > > Compress (COMPRESS-666 [1], with a highly ironic bug number), and the > > project was even forked due to this issue. > > > > I highly appreciate your dedication to maintain the Apache Commons > > projects, but you've made an error here. It happens, that's not a big > > deal, but please listen to the community. > > > > Would you accept to resolve this with a vote? > > Both sides have something in their favour; you are right in > the short term, Gary is right in the longer term. [IMO] > Wouldn't the project benefit from a common policy on how > to deal with such issues (rather than be divisive, once more)? > > [I'd go even further that, by not delving into the crux (no policy) > of this kind of issues, we create "opportunities" for infighting, > based on who is more legitimate (so-called "meritocratic") to > make changes or revert them. In that respect, both sides > have again something in their favour.] > > I've proposed (and have done so more than twice in the past) > to examine a way out (i.e. define an official hierarchy among > the "Commons" components), but you both have ignored it. > Hello Gillies, I've not ignored and even offered my view in these threads: I see that there are low-level components like IO and LANG, and higher-level components like VFS, CONFIGURATION, and COMPRESS. We could draw a picture I suppose. Gary > Gilles > > > > > Emmanuel Bourg > > > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMPRESS-666 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >
