Hi John, thanks. So far I believe that x-friends would allow _only_ the specified plug-ins to use the API. I now understand that x-friends is similar to x-internal but prevents the warnings for the specified plug-ins.
That makes sense. thanks. Best regards, Lars 2013/4/29 John Arthorne <[email protected]> > x-friends means the package is not API, but we want to allow certain other > plugins to access it without getting API tools warnings. It is really > equivalent to x-internal for most consumers. So, if you see a package that > has x-friends that you believe should be API, speak up now so it can be > fixed. > > John > > > > From: Lars Vogel <[email protected]> > To: E4 Project developer mailing list <[email protected]>, > Date: 04/29/2013 03:09 PM > Subject: [e4-dev] x-friends > Sent by: [email protected] > ------------------------------ > > > > Hello, > > I noticed in the commits in * > https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=403189*<https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=403189> > that > we have x-friends directives in the MANIFEST.MF. > > So far I believed that platform does either use x-internal for marking API > as internal or provisional. What is the reasoning behind the usage of > x-friends? > > Best regards, Lars_______________________________________________ > e4-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/e4-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > e4-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/e4-dev > >
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