Re: [Statistics] Language level

2018-01-15 Thread Gary Gregory
+1 to Java 8. Gary On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 4:01 PM, Gilles wrote: > Hi > > Which should we target for that component? > IOW, has someone a case for less than Java 8? > > Gilles > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@

Re: [All] Source compatibility policy

2018-01-15 Thread Gary Gregory
For me, breaking source compatibility should be limited to what can be adjusted to in my sources very easily. I would also consider whether the breaks are for a cosmetic reasons for an actual bug fix. I would probably pass on cosmetic breaks within minor releases. In this case, an exception declar

[Statistics] Language level

2018-01-15 Thread Gilles
Hi Which should we target for that component? IOW, has someone a case for less than Java 8? Gilles - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org

[All] Source compatibility policy

2018-01-15 Thread Pascal Schumacher
Hello, what is our policy regarding source incompatible changes to our APIs? Context: This commons io pull request: https://github.com/apache/commons-io/pull/54/files propose removing unnecessary throws declarations from public method signatures. Thanks, Pascal ---

Re: [RNG][All] Benign incompatibility (?)

2018-01-15 Thread Gilles
On Mon, 15 Jan 2018 09:49:44 -0700, Gary Gregory wrote: Hi All, There are some many ways this can create jar hell now and in the future that I would not want to risk it. Binary compatibility is something we should strive for IMO. If this change is _that_ important, then it's 2.0 time. Otherwi

Re: [configuration] Notifications from commons-configuration GitHub mirror

2018-01-15 Thread Oliver Heger
Hi, Am 14.01.2018 um 00:33 schrieb Bindul Bhowmik: > Hello, > > It seems notifications from the commons-configuration GitHub mirror > are not setup to go to any commons mailing list. > > I opened a trivial pull request - #10 [1], but I don't see any emails > on any commons lists for this pull re

Re: [RNG][All] Benign incompatibility (?)

2018-01-15 Thread Gary Gregory
Hi All, There are some many ways this can create jar hell now and in the future that I would not want to risk it. Binary compatibility is something we should strive for IMO. If this change is _that_ important, then it's 2.0 time. Otherwise, don't break application stacks. Especially since Commons

[RNG][All] Benign incompatibility (?)

2018-01-15 Thread Gilles
Hi. Please have a look at this issue on JIRA: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RNG-46 and confirm that a release won't be blocked by the current "clirr" report. Thanks, Gilles - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@c

Re: [Statistics] Distributions

2018-01-15 Thread Gilles
Hi. Please have a look at the issue created on JIRA: https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/STATISTICS/issues/STATISTICS-2 and give your opinion. Thanks, Gilles On Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:38:26 +0100, Gilles wrote: [...] -