Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-commons-dev-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-commons-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 777EE150E for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:43:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 36316 invoked by uid 500); 19 Apr 2011 08:16:48 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-commons-dev-archive@commons.apache.org Received: (qmail 36243 invoked by uid 500); 19 Apr 2011 08:16:48 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@commons.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: "Commons Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list dev@commons.apache.org Received: (qmail 36213 invoked by uid 99); 19 Apr 2011 08:16:45 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:16:45 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [209.85.220.171] (HELO mail-vx0-f171.google.com) (209.85.220.171) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:16:38 +0000 Received: by vxc40 with SMTP id 40so5003671vxc.30 for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:16:17 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.189.70 with SMTP id dd6mr1750557vcb.116.1303200977385; Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:16:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.187.66 with HTTP; Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:16:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <201104182035.p3IKZ4dN021043@aragorn.savarese.org> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:16:17 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [net] binary compatibility be damned From: Torsten Curdt To: Commons Developers List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 With a version of x.y.z I think it would be sane to expect... * binary compatibility for x.y.* * source compatibility for x.*.* * no compatibility whatsoever for *.*.* * but *.*.* releases should not clash I don't think we should cater for any other kind of user stories. If it's a user wants to upgrade without thinking then that's no user story I think it's worth supporting. My 2 cents cheers, Torsten --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@commons.apache.org