Hi All, I work on Apache Spark which is an open source project. We have recently been dealing with a lot of pain due to the fact that the Java Protobuf libraries for 2.4.X and 2.5.0 are not binary compatible. This makes it really difficult for users to include two dependencies A and B that depend on different versions of protobuf-java.
Are these incompatibilities an omission, or is this an intentional policy that protobuf is okay making API-breaking changes in minor versions? This violates typical semantic-versioning conventions and makes it pretty tough for downstream users. I don't see any references to library compatibility in the Java protobuf page or the FAQ - apologies if this is covered somewhere... https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/javatutorial https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/faq - Patrick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
