Hi, John, thanks for reviewing this.
I agree "Private Unstable" sounds more unstable than "Private." I don't
know if we need "Private Unstable" and I can remove it. Alternately, we
could rename "Private" to "Private Volatile" :)
I'll get rid of Private Unstable for now since we don't have any
interfaces that meet that requirement, and may never. We can always add
it in later.
David
John Embretsen wrote:
Friday, March 31, 2006, 9:34:30 PM CET, David W. Van Couvering wrote:
I've updated the Wiki page to reflect some of this discussion and my
sense of where things are ending up. You can use the diff mechanism of
the Wiki to see what's changed.
I was trying to understand all the different stability levels you
suggested on http://wiki.apache.org/db-derby/ForwardCompatibility, and
have one question:
Do we really have to differentiate between between a "Private" and a
"Private Unstable" interface?
If so, can you also explain to me why you are saying that "Private"
interfaces allow incompatible change at any time, while "Private
Unstable" only allows such changes at minor release? To me the term
"Private Unstable" certainly sounds less stable than "Private"...
