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Re: [jakarta.ee-spec.committee] Incremental vs Big Bang boms
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Kevin Sutter wrote on 5/29/19 1:12 PM:
>> That would only be an issue with the incremental approach where the bom
>> would have the jakarta.rest.* APIs but not the javax.ws.rs.* APIs, right?
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> I trust this was just used as an example since there is no requirement to change
> anything in the package name other than javax. If a component wishes to change
> the package name (ie. javax.ws.rs.* to jakarta.rest.*), then they are allowed
> to. But, I wouldn't recommend it. Keep the changes to a minimum.
This is indeed a completely separate issue, but the direction from the PMC
so far has been to use package names that are more aligned with the new spec
names.
> If we are going to depend on Jakarta EE compatibility, then I think it has to
> be defined here and not left up to each individual product. Otherwise, we
> have just lost the compatibility argument.
I agree, although I don't think this is something that we've *decided* yet.
