Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-db-derby-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 45110 invoked from network); 22 Jun 2006 21:10:48 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 22 Jun 2006 21:10:48 -0000 Received: (qmail 83049 invoked by uid 500); 22 Jun 2006 21:10:47 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-db-derby-dev-archive@db.apache.org Received: (qmail 82904 invoked by uid 500); 22 Jun 2006 21:10:46 -0000 Mailing-List: contact derby-dev-help@db.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: Delivered-To: mailing list derby-dev@db.apache.org Received: (qmail 82895 invoked by uid 99); 22 Jun 2006 21:10:46 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:10:46 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (asf.osuosl.org: local policy) Received: from [32.97.110.153] (HELO e35.co.us.ibm.com) (32.97.110.153) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:10:44 -0700 Received: from d03relay04.boulder.ibm.com (d03relay04.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.106]) by e35.co.us.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k5MLALGS004342 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:10:21 -0400 Received: from d03av03.boulder.ibm.com (d03av03.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.169]) by d03relay04.boulder.ibm.com (8.13.6/NCO/VER7.0) with ESMTP id k5MLAWde171612 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:10:32 -0600 Received: from d03av03.boulder.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d03av03.boulder.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k5MLAKZN012747 for ; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:10:20 -0600 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (sig-9-49-139-212.mts.ibm.com [9.49.139.212]) by d03av03.boulder.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k5MLAJgF012693 for ; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:10:19 -0600 Message-ID: <449B073B.6080500@apache.org> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:10:19 -0700 From: Daniel John Debrunner User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040910 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en, de MIME-Version: 1.0 To: derby-dev@db.apache.org Subject: Re: [PRE-VOTE DISCUSSION] Compatibility rules and interface table References: <448F2817.3050006@sun.com> <44916BC6.8010401@sbcglobal.net> <4499B504.7050908@sun.com> In-Reply-To: <4499B504.7050908@sun.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.90.0.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Under Deprecated there is: "A deprecated interface may be removed from the project after four minor and/or major releases." http://wiki.apache.org/db-derby/ForwardCompatibility#head-b94fc1d3af5d38a917e2b6c754a8c4213e28f06e Not sure that really works. With an open source project there could be four releases in a couple of months, would allow features to be deprecated very quickly. Not sure of any better wording. Dan.