Question: version 2.1.1 vs current snapshot

[parubok]

Hi!

First, thanks for the great library!

Jung 2.1.1 was released on Sep 7, 2016 and since then a lot of new code was committed. For a new project, is it preferable to stick to the official 2.1.1 release or use the snapshot version?
(for production usage, where quality is important).

Also, are there any plans for the next official release?

Thanks and keep up the good work!
Eli

[jrtom]

Glad you've found JUNG useful. :)

Which you should use depends on what's important to you, and I don't know enough about your needs (for example, which parts of the library you're using) to give you a good handle on that.

If you need production stability, then you should stick to 2.1.1: it won't change out from under you. :)
(That said, any bugs it has--of which there are some--are not going to be fixed at this point, either, or at least not in this repo.)

It will likely be yet some time before 3.0 gets out the door, primarily because I'm fitting work on this in among my actual job, kids, etc.. I think that it's already a substantial improvement, but it's also a moving target (if not moving as quickly as we'd like it to be--if you're interested in helping out, let me know :D ).
That said, 3.0 has a data model that is simultaneously simpler and covers a broader range of use cases (and uses Guava's common.graph library, so we were able to remove a lot of code).

Hope that helps.

Joshua

[parubok]

Hi Joshua!

Thanks for the answer!
For our project (where production stability is important) we indeed decided to use 2.1.1.
I would be happy to try to contribute to the Jung, but please point me to some specific direction.
(I'm really not an expert on graphs, but will try to do my best)

Eli