Ferry, Neil: thank you, clear.

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Subject: Re: [osgi-dev] Interpretation of semantic versioning?
From: Neil Bartlett <[email protected]>
To: OSGi Developer Mail List <[email protected]>
Date: Fri 12 Apr 2013 11:02:03 AM CDT
> Ferry is correct.
>
> I would say that the JLS is wrong in this area, since adding a method
> to an interface demonstrably *does* break compatibility with
> pre-existing binaries, if those binaries include implementations of
> the interface.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Ferry Huberts <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     On 12/04/13 16:13, Andrei Pozolotin wrote:
>     >     Hello.
>     >
>     >     can you please clarify the following from the semantic
>     versioning spec:
>     >
>     >     1) adding new method to an interface is a binary compatible
>     change
>     >     per JLS
>     >    
>     http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/html/jls-13.html#jls-13.5.3
>     >
>     >     2) and aries versioning plugin enforces this rule by
>     requiring MINOR
>     >     version change.
>     >    
>     
> https://github.com/apache/aries/blob/trunk/versioning/versioning-checker/src/test/java/org/apache/aries/versioning/tests/BinaryCompatibilityTest.java#L1472
>     >
>     >     3) am I correct in understanding that semantic versioning spec
>     >     http://www.osgi.org/wiki/uploads/Links/SemanticVersioning.pdf
>     >     requires a MAJOR version change instead of MINOR, for the same
>     >     interface change
>     >     WHEN the interface is a @ConsumerType interface?
>     >
>
>     yes, because it is a breaking change for the intented use of the
>     interface
>
>     see also
>
>     
> https://github.com/bndtools/bnd/blob/master/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/bnd/annotation/ConsumerType.java
>
>     and
>
>     
> https://github.com/bndtools/bnd/blob/master/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/bnd/annotation/ProviderType.java
>
>
>     >     Thank you.
>     >
>     >     Andrei.
>     >
>     >
>     >
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