By bloid
via sdtimes.com
Published: Jul 17 2008 / 11:24
Last week, Ian Skerrett, marketing director for the Eclipse Foundation, criticized Sun’s influence over development of the proposed JSR 277 specification, covering the Java Module System. The root of the problem is the numbering protocol for tracking different versions of a module written in Java; Java Module System uses a four-digit scheme, OSGi only three.
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killerweb replied ago:
Design by committee demonstrates once again why it takes 100 people to screw in a light bulb. Java inches forward.
amphi replied ago:
3 vs 4 digits? Who gives a damn? Obviously such a system should be able to deal with an arbitrary amount of digits. Some need only 2 and others need 4 or even more. It always has been like that. Get over it.
The article is interesting tho. It's amazing how much can be written about such a ridiculously tiny detail. Absolutely mind-boggling.
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