Public vs. Friend API Reloaded (Round 2)

2018-09-07 Thread Laszlo Kishalmi
Dear all, We had a quite active discussion on API Friendliness about 2 months ago. I've tried to formalize the options we have and collect opinions. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Public+vs+Friend+API It seems this debate is drying out. If anyone has additional think to

Re: Public vs. Friend API Reloaded (Round 2)

2018-08-10 Thread Tim Boudreau
I'll pitch a couple of things in here: 1. Part of the problem with friend apis is your that the term gets overloaded for two different concerns: A. APIs undergoing stabilization, where the expectation is that a stable api will emerge, and B. Dependencies which are never intended to produce an

Re: Public vs. Friend API Reloaded (Round 2)

2018-08-09 Thread Laszlo Kishalmi
Go on People, share your thoughts! Thanks for Neil who already did that! Thanks for Jarda to adding one more option to select from! https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Public+vs+Friend+API On 08/08/2018 01:26 AM, Laszlo Kishalmi wrote: Dear all, I'd like to start the second

Public vs. Friend API Reloaded (Round 2)

2018-08-08 Thread Laszlo Kishalmi
Dear all, I'd like to start the second round of discussion on this topic. Oliver Retting was so kind to summarize the opinions presented on our mailing lists. I myself stared a mini analysis on each option, mentioning my attitude to them as well. Please take your time, extend, modify and