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RE: [cdt-dev] process question about API

5.0.2 increments the micro version. With that you are allowed to make
changes
that are not visible in the API.

5.1 would increment the minor version allowing for binary compatible API
changes.

Markus.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Elena Laskavaia
> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 3:28 PM
> To: CDT General developers list.
> Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] process question about API
> Importance: Low
> 
> So it we change plugin to 5.0.2 (which is the plan) we can 
> put since 5.0.2 tag right?
> 
> 
> Schorn, Markus wrote:
> > You are not allowed to change API without increasing the 
> > minor-version, even if the change is binary compatible. See for 
> > instance:
> > http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Version_Numbering
> > 
> > Markus.
> >  
> > 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Elena Laskavaia
> >> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 9:12 PM
> >> To: CDT General developers list.
> >> Subject: [cdt-dev] process question about API
> >> Importance: Low
> >>
> >> This is question to CDT commiters.
> >>
> >> Lets say I have a bug that I want to fix in 5.0.2 (this is 
> version we 
> >> are integrating with) and to fix it properly I really need 
> >> non-breaking API change. But if I do that API tooling 
> would complain 
> >> that there is no @since tag.
> >> But I only can add @since 5.0 which is not really true, 
> and it won't 
> >> work for 6.0 with pure 5.0 baseline (it would be error 
> that since tag 
> >> is wrong)...
> >>
> >> What do we do in this case?
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