Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-accumulo-dev-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-accumulo-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F0A5410ED4 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2014 21:22:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 70444 invoked by uid 500); 5 Dec 2014 21:22:15 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-accumulo-dev-archive@accumulo.apache.org Received: (qmail 70406 invoked by uid 500); 5 Dec 2014 21:22:15 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@accumulo.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@accumulo.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@accumulo.apache.org Received: (qmail 70394 invoked by uid 99); 5 Dec 2014 21:22:14 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 21:22:14 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of david.medinets@gmail.com designates 209.85.212.181 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.212.181] (HELO mail-wi0-f181.google.com) (209.85.212.181) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 21:22:10 +0000 Received: by mail-wi0-f181.google.com with SMTP id r20so2685110wiv.14 for ; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 13:21:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=ZWGlERUQKG3pqnd3sW74f0kz7q+DE0hBnjBesCmNUzA=; b=memLD0aenoJbnfkGFkpIoXuglrOPPtCg3zfWwWW8nAzuxLt5aXKpoeMyGHJs7gFQsu 5MCLoSfaMby6vUSRgBGJJoyJeSlktCZ1BmtaPJY8UETpvEEpeaRokHzCarpeI89aJh3I +9zs9adosSTerPEWm1I3YDMRS1FdBGK6EM7tTWKfP4+BRHZaAxnvQzOq9HazjYY/An/V Tn4g3FZ4Pd9SY6l+h5TweYhs9SL3J9/7oDAoqd5KLo2c2r1f0puUDfciPBYSk6p2Mm2P DUWlktxz9Kb8wvxb3FK8zRePhC5FM49YJmwBZ7VVgKlE6CMXgn2ygdlk5BfPpnsYjl6o +aPw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.91.234 with SMTP id ch10mr16419297wjb.114.1417814464548; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 13:21:04 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.194.13.65 with HTTP; Fri, 5 Dec 2014 13:21:04 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <1481687993.13499212.1417632067373.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> <5480B15C.1010308@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 16:21:04 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Semantic Versioning From: David Medinets To: accumulo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org [ +1 ]: adopt semver 2.0.0 (http://semver.org) [ +1 ]: adopt additional strictness to require documenting deprecation for at least 1 major release before possible to consider in the next major release [ +1 ]: adopt additional strictness to ensure forward compatibility between bugfix releases [ 0 ]: start operating under whatever rules we adopt as of the master branch [ +1 ]: keep the master branch named 1.7.0 [ 0 ]: define scope of these versioning compatibility rules to be our current definition of "public API" and the wire version