Re: [pde-dev] preparing to graduate API tooling

[Darin Wright <Darin_Wright@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> - Do you expect to have version checking tools as well?  That
is, 
> checking that the version numbers were properly incremented based
on
> the analyzed changes. 

Yes, we intend to provide problem markers and quick
fixes for incorrect bundle/plug-in version numbers.

> 
> - Will you support headless build time analysis? 

The code is designed to run headless without OSGi
to support build time analysis. Initially we need to produce "API
description" metadata as part of each bundle in the build. Time permitting
we would like to produce API usage and binary compatibility reports as
part of the build. We have the code to produce the information required
for the report - we just need to allocate time/resources to integrate this
in to the releng process, and produce nicley formatted reports. We'll require
some help/coordination with the releng team for this.

Darin