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Doug Cutting commented on HADOOP-4605: -------------------------------------- > I would prefer to have a separate set of tests, the compatibility tests, that > [ ... ] Yes, I agree. And some of our current tests fit this description and some do not. So, to start out down this path, we can split out those existing tests that are suitable (i.e., only use public APIs). Right? > should run old version of unit tests to check back-compatibility > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-4605 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-4605 > Project: Hadoop Core > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: test > Reporter: Doug Cutting > > We should test back-compatibility by running unit tests from a prior release. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.