Bug#363165: [PROPOSAL] drop version number from jar installations

2006-05-05 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 12:35:57PM +0200, Thomas Girard wrote: > Barry Hawkins wrote: > [...] > >I think you make some excellent points here. In your initial message, I > >thought > >you were advocating the dropping of version numbers and not trying to do > >anything > >else, which I would consi

Bug#363165: [PROPOSAL] drop version number from jar installations

2006-04-29 Thread Thomas Girard
Barry Hawkins wrote: [...] I think you make some excellent points here. In your initial message, I thought you were advocating the dropping of version numbers and not trying to do anything else, which I would consider reckless and unwise. Adopting a solution for languages that have a longer h

Bug#363165: [PROPOSAL] drop version number from jar installations

2006-04-20 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 02:07:31PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Am Dienstag, 18. April 2006 22:23 schrieb Barry Hawkins: > > I replied to that posting[0], and I don't think the discussion yielded > > a lack of support for using version numbers in .jar file names. > > The points you listed

Bug#363165: [PROPOSAL] drop version number from jar installations

2006-04-20 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Am Dienstag, 18. April 2006 22:23 schrieb Barry Hawkins: > I replied to that posting[0], and I don't think the discussion yielded > a lack of support for using version numbers in .jar file names. The points you listed are: 1.) Java(TM) libraries have a notorious tendency (not unlike other lan

Bug#363165: [PROPOSAL] drop version number from jar installations

2006-04-18 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 01:23:56AM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: [...] > I propose that the requirement to add the upstream version number to > the jar installation and the symlink from the non-versioned name be > dropped. Discussion on [EMAIL PROTECTED] showed that no one really > knows what thi

Bug#363165: [PROPOSAL] drop version number from jar installations

2006-04-17 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Package: java-common Version: 0.23 Severity: wishlist I propose that the requirement to add the upstream version number to the jar installation and the symlink from the non-versioned name be dropped. Discussion on [EMAIL PROTECTED] showed that no one really knows what this is supposed to be for,