[protobuf] protobuf-java 2.4.X and 2.5.0 are incompatible

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

Re: [protobuf] protobuf-java 2.4.X and 2.5.0 are incompatible

something like jarjar. The minor releases (2.4.0 vs 2.4.1, etc) should be binary-compatible AFAIK. -ilia On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 4:24 PM, Patrick Wendell pwend...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I work on Apache Spark which is an open source project. We have recently been dealing with a lot