Re: River and Backward Compatibility

> as the original
> question was "How much backward compatibility does everybody expect in
> this first release?".

Greetings all,

For the first River release I expect complete backwards
compatibility. The first release should contain a next steps section
that will document jars that will be deprecated (and why), a roadmap
of changes that the community can expect, and thoughts around release
cycles.

If the River team can provide this, I think the first release will be
able to set the stage for the upcoming changes. I certainly expect
that subsequent releases will introduce backwards compatibility
issues, package changes and potentially utilities to get from he JSK
to River release x.y. I also expect that some adaptive layers can be
created by members of this community.

Bottom line, getting the first River release out is critical. The
release should be easily folded into existing Jini technology based
projects (I know I'll do this for Rio). Next, set the expectation
that things are changing, and what consumers of the technology can
expect.

Regards

Dennis

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