Re: cvscommit: jakarta-commons/httpclient/src/test/org/apache/commons/httpclientTestAuthenticator.javaTestHttpState.javaTestHttps.java TestMethodsExternalHost.javaTestWebappBasicAuth.java

[Christopher Lenz <cm...@gmx.de>]

Hi Oleg,

this thread has gotten a bit out of hand now... I personally trust the 
HttpClient team to make the right decisions about the future of the 
code, and I even agree with the wording of the 2.1 release plan. 
"Breaking 2.0 API compatibility where absolutely unavoidable" is 
acceptable, as long as that sentence cannot interpreted as a free ticket 
to change the API all over the place.

Now, what started this discussion was just me pointing out that you 
removed a technically non-deprecated method. Your response sounded a bit 
offensive, implying that we're doing something weird by using CVS HEAD 
of HttpClient (which is totally normal at Jakarta). And your comment 
about API compatibility sounded like you don't care very much about 
preserving compatibility.

There is a *huge* difference between "we should make all possible 
efforts to keep API compatibility" (Michael) and "we will no longer be 
able to provide API compatibility" (Oleg). And the difference might not 
even be technical ;-)

Cheers,
-chris

-- 
Christopher Lenz
/=/ cmlenz at gmx.de