On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 4:30 PM Daniel Megert <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Ed > > Last time we discussed this in 2017 there were different opinions on this > topic but we never decided on the topic. Today we decided unanimously that > in general we will NOT increase the major version when removing deprecated > API. > > HTH > Dani +1, thanks for this decision > > > > From: Ed Merks <[email protected]> > To: Cross project issues <[email protected]> > Date: 30.10.2018 11:33 > Subject: [cross-project-issues-dev] Will the Platform Start Making > Major Version Increments? > Sent by: [email protected] > ------------------------------ > > > > FYI, > It was brought to my attention that the platform team apparently plans to > make major version increments when deleting deprecated API: > *https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=540481#c5* > <https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=540481#c5> > I think this will simply be a *major disaster for the ecosystem*. How > many highly stable plugins will not be installable in the next release? > Many thousands! What do all the API consumers need to do? Bump their > upper bound; presumably they've all be paying close attention and have > stopped using the deprecated APIs long ago... > I'm starting to feel ill just considering inflicting such a thing on the > community. > I would have expected to see some announcement on such a policy change. *I > beg the Eclipse PMC to reconsider.* I'll quickly resort to ugly threats > if necessary. I.e., I will not change the version ranges in EMF and I will > not provide a build for 2018-12 if this ill conceived plan goes forward, > which of course means 2018-12 itself will not go forward. > I find it inconceivable that anyone thinks this will be anything but a > complete and total disaster. > Regards, > Ed_______________________________________________ > cross-project-issues-dev mailing list > [email protected] > To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe > from this list, visit > https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > cross-project-issues-dev mailing list > [email protected] > To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe > from this list, visit > https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev
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