[wtp-pmc] Provisional API Naming Convention

[Arthur Ryman <ryman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I reviewed our API plans internally
and received strong negative feedback about the "internal.provisional"
naming convention. The concern is that renaming will cause consumers unnecessary
rework. I agree. Renaming also disrupts the CVS revision history. Furthermore,
BIRT just released a large set of provisional APIs that did not follow
this convention. I suggest we re-examine this rule. My preferred alternative
is to use documentation, component descriptors, and Javadoc to identify
provisional APIs. Perhaps this is alway a topic for the upcoming Eclipse
meeting?

Arthur Ryman,
Rational Desktop Tools Development

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