Afternoon Michael:
Comments inline...
> I'd like to check my understanding of the new versioning scheme for my
> current housekeeping on the swing module. Although swing is still an
> unsupported module it has a lot of users, so I'd like to treat any
> changes as per the rules for supported modules.
We are not really rolling with a formal release of 8.0.0 yet so your task is
harder.
> The following is my understanding of the rules. I'm not clear whether
> the 2.7 branch is covered by the new scheme, but here I assume that it
> is:
> 1. Bug fixes and tweaks that don't involve additions to the public API
> can be committed for 2.7.1 and 8.0-Mx
Correct.
For bonus points - version numbers are really focused on API changes; note that
changing the meaning of a method also counts (this is about users of the code;
not only about the compiler).
For rolling out fixes we currently do:
- 2.7.0.1 (this is rare but it happens) reflects an emergency fix patching
2.7.0 release.
- 8.0.1 would reflect a similar fix patching 8.0.0
> 2. Additions to the API, some of which also involve deprecation of
> existing elements, with no break in backwards compatibility will only
> go into 8.1 (so not on trunk at the moment?)
Half marks (your words are correct; your example is wrong).
Additions as you describe can go into trunk; we expect api change between
8.0-M0 and 8.0-M1. We
are also okay with *additions only* going into 2.7.1 (as long as there is no
break in backwards compatibility).
So a new module or interface could be:
- Added to 2.7.2; as long as 2.7.0 code runs fine we are okay.
- Added to 8.1.0; as long as 8.0.0 code runs fine we are okay.
> 3. Major changes (bringing swing branch code into trunk) will have to
> wait until 9-SNAPSHOT
Zero! This is an addition as covered above; it does not effect backwards
compatibility.
Clarification:
- The 8.0.0 release is not published yet; so any major changes are fine to be
added to trunk.
- moving a module from unsupported to supported is "just" an addition; a rubber
stamp indicating that it meets the QA requirements and documentation
requirements etc...
>
> Can someone give me a mark out of three for the above please ?
1.5 = 50%
Jody
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