Re: Supporting multiple APIs simultaneously

[Michael Koch]

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Am Samstag, 3. Juli 2004 15:56 schrieb Andrew John Hughes:
> On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 11:31, Andrew Haley wrote:
> > Andrew John Hughes writes:
> >  > Well, my suggestion would be that the branches are more for
> >  > the benefit of users rather than developers.  Correct me if
> >  > I'm wrong, but the japitools comparisons suggest that 1.1 is
> >  > just about supported.  This would seem to be a solid base to
> >  > give to those who want something to work with, at least for
> >  > the time being, as a Java replacement without having to wonder
> >  > about holes.  As far as developers go, I would expect focus to
> >  > mainly stay on 1.4 as it is now, with appropriate patches that
> >  > also cover 1.1 being added there.  However, if you think that
> >  > would be too much effort, then I can see your point to an
> >  > extent.  I do think there is something to be said for giving
> >  > users something more stable though, rather than the kind of
> >  > random implementation guarantees we give now.
> >
> > Sure, but the problem is that branches, unless tended carefully,
> > will wither.  If people wish assiduously to maintain a separate
> > 1.1 branch, that will be fine.  But that should be an addition to
> > current development, not an alternative.
> >
> > Andrew.
>
> Agreed.  The idea of having a stable branch (1.1 being the first
> iteration) of this is to give developers who want to use Classpath
> something concrete to work with.  I don't foresee such a branch
> needing anything more than the odd patch from the main development
> branch (currently targeting 1.4, although maybe 1.2 may be a better
> target if we want a faster release cycle).  The stable branch would
> form the basis of a solid release version, matching a certain API
> and not gaining new features, only bug fixes.  Quite a few projects
> have this concept of a release version and a current development
> version (Linux and GTK+ would be obvious examples, as this is
> distinguished by the odd/even release numbers)

We should try to reach a stable state before we discuss about stable 
and development branches.


Michael
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