Hong Zhang wrote on 05/28/2010 06:01 PM:
>> The tools, for instance, absolutely should not be generating descriptors
>> that match these new DTDs by default. Use the old DTDs, they still work.
> But if we want to encourage users to start using the new glassfish-*.dtd
> and move away from the sun-*.dtd, the tools probably should use the
> recommended set of the dtds? Also if there are new elements introduced
> in 3.1, the tools want to make them available to the users too?
Yes, after we finalize them.
>> If you need to use the new DTDs, expect them to change until the code is
>> frozen.
> Yes, agreed. There is always chance of them changing between now to code
> freeze.
> What about we use "-1" at the end for all the glassfish-*.dtd? The
> contents could still change, but there will be less chance for
> incompatible changes when adding new elements, and we could make things
> a little easier for the tools.
I don't see how using "-1" for all of them makes any difference.
It doesn't reduce, or increase, the likelihood of incompatible changes.
And I don't see how it makes it any easier for tools.