[saga-rg] Java implementation issues

[Tom Goodale]

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Andre Merzky wrote:

> I agree to some extend - did not want to give the impression
> that all user need to re-code their applications for the next
> SAGA version.
>
> However, I am pretty sure that e.g. the language bindings
> will get iterated after some experience with the reference
> implementations,

This will, 'though, be finalised in the two year implementation phase 
before it becomes an accepted standard.  Once it becomes a 'proposed 
recommendation', we need to maintain backwards compatibility.  I would 
hope, 'though, that with the current level of interest in producing 
implementations, we can have the requisite two independent, API-level 
interoperable, implementations much sooner and push it to be a standard 
well within the two year period.

> and the the scope extensions might
> introduce changes to the look and feel.

Again, once it is a standard we need to maintain backwards compatibility.

>  It will be a
> balance act I guess...  So its a good thing that the
> standardization of the language bindings is pretty late on
> our time line - it gives us time to get it right...

That's the idea.

Tom