Wouldn't this be resolved with our SemVer sqwitch? On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Kepner, Jeremy - 0553 - MITLL < [email protected]> wrote:
> When we remove functions, do we have any official guidance to our users > who may have built applications that use those functions? > > Right now, the official position is that the Accumulo developers can > remove based on a consensus vote. However, this provides no guidance to > users as to what they are suppose to do? As it stands, our guidance is that > they have the following choices: > > (0) Diligently watch the Accumulo e-mail list and aggressively weigh in on > any vote to remove functions that may impact them. > > (1) Find someone to modify the original source code of their applications, > build it, and *re-verify* the application. I emphasise the re-verify > because that is usually the most costly part of the process that often > won't get approved by management. > > (2) Don't upgrade Accumulo. >
