Re: [All] Source compatibility policy

2018-01-16 Thread Pascal Schumacher
Am 16.01.2018 um 00:06 schrieb Gary Gregory: For me, breaking source compatibility should be limited to what can be adjusted to in my sources very easily. I would also consider whether the breaks are for a cosmetic reasons for an actual bug fix. I would probably pass on cosmetic breaks within min

Re: [All] Source compatibility policy

2018-01-15 Thread Gary Gregory
For me, breaking source compatibility should be limited to what can be adjusted to in my sources very easily. I would also consider whether the breaks are for a cosmetic reasons for an actual bug fix. I would probably pass on cosmetic breaks within minor releases. In this case, an exception declar

[All] Source compatibility policy

2018-01-15 Thread Pascal Schumacher
Hello, what is our policy regarding source incompatible changes to our APIs? Context: This commons io pull request: https://github.com/apache/commons-io/pull/54/files propose removing unnecessary throws declarations from public method signatures. Thanks, Pascal ---