[jbosscache-dev] Let's make 3.0 backwards compatible

[Bela Ban]

First of all: I don't think there's a need to make 1.x compatible with 
2.x and/or 3.x. The need is there to make 2.x compatible with 3.x.

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Manik Surtani wrote:
> After a good nights' sleep and a fresh mind, I've had a rethink and 
> have a potential solution.  Tell me what you guys think, this will 
> apply to both 3.x -> 2.x compat, 3.x -> 1.x compat and 3.x -> 2.x compat.
>
> 1.  For each release, create a "namespace-safe" package.  E.g., for 
> 3.0.0, create jbosscache-core.jar as well as 
> jbosscache-core-namespace-safe.jar. This would be constructed using 
> jarjar, where org.jboss.cache.* is translated to org.jboss.cache.3.* 
> (or org.jboss.cache.2.*).

One additional JAR ? -1. jarjar ? -1. That's -2 ...

Sorry, but when I smell complexity, I turn negative... :-)

What about a single adapter, shipped with 3.x, which makes 3.x 
compatible with 2.x ? I don't hope there will be a 4.x any time soon, 
which break API compatibility again, so this should be a one-time exercise.



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Bela Ban
Lead JGroups / Clustering Team
JBoss - a division of Red Hat