1/3 [your (1) was right], as I understand it. 8.x is trunk; it has not yet been forked. We are free to make whatever changes we like on trunk, including breaking backwards compatibility, upgrading to Java 6, or rewriting it all in Scala, subject to community process.
2.7.x is stable, so must not cause any client code that uses a 2.7.n to be broken by 2.7.(n+1) in binary or source. 8-M* releases are blessed snapshots of trunk, for those who need a fixed target but need more features than stable. There is no guarantee that client code working with 8-Mn will also work with 8-M(n+1) in binary or source. In my view, your (2) should be allowed on 2.7.x. Deprecation is not breakage, in binary or source. In my view, your (3) should be allowed on trunk. On 05/05/11 10:06, Michael Bedward wrote: > Hello all, > > 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. > > 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 > > 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 ?) > > 3. Major changes (bringing swing branch code into trunk) will have to > wait until 9-SNAPSHOT > > Can someone give me a mark out of three for the above please ? > > Michael > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software > The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network > management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial > acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd > _______________________________________________ > Geotools-devel mailing list > Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel > -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben.caradoc-dav...@csiro.au> Software Engineering Team Leader CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering Australian Resources Research Centre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
