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The following page has been changed by DougCutting: http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Release1%2e0Requirements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ''Sanjay, How does 'new client application code calling old methods on the !FileSystem' differ from our current back-compatibility requirements? --DougCutting'' '' Doug, currently when a new RPC method is added, we declare a change in protocol version and old and new can no long talk via rpc. There are two issues. One is the wire compatibility as you noted (this is new). Second is that when we add new rpc methods, the client side library can use the new rpc method but it must fall back on old rpc methods when talking to old servers (this must be explicitly coded in the library -- it won't happen just by introducing wire compatibility). You are right in that is nothing new as far as API compatibility. Maybe this point is obvious to most, but Owen and I discussed it at some length and thought it was a subtle twist that our developers will have to be aware of in 1.0.'' + + ''Sanjay, we should vote on this as a change to our back-compatibility policy, and, if it passes, start enforcing it. --DougCutting'' Question: Does the release number really matter? Should we just keep adding features, improving back-compatibility, etc? Our ["Roadmap"] currently defines what a major release means. Does this need updating? -- !DougCutting
