Re: [cdt-dev] RE: API tooling for CDT 8.0 and CDT 7.0.1

[Alena Laskavaia <elaskavaia.cdt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Technically if it is an API we cannot add a new public method. But
sometimes it is not possible to fix a bug
without doing it. I think we can discuss those cases on dev-list and
people are ok with it we can add it as API exception.

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Marc Khouzam <marc.khouzam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If I understand correctly the API tooling, if we want to avoid all API changes
> for 7.0.1, then I think we really should be on a 7.0 baseline.
> If we remain on 6.0, someone can remove a method that was added in 7.0 and that will be
> ignored by the API tooling.
> But if we move to a 7.0 baseline, removing such a method will give an error that will
> require incrementing the plugin to 8.0.
>
> About the maintenance release, the policy for a maintenance release is no API changes
> at all?  So we can't add new classes or methods?
>
> Thanks
>
> Marc
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doug Schaefer
>> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 9:47 AM
>> To: CDT General developers list.
>> Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] RE: API tooling for CDT 8.0 and CDT 7.0.1
>>
>> Actually, 7.0.1 should still be against the 6.0 baseline, no? There
>> are no API changes at all allowed on the maintenance stream.
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Marc Khouzam
>> <marc.khouzam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > I've updated our policy wiki with this procedure.
>> > http://wiki.eclipse.org/CDT/policy
>> >
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> > From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> > Behalf Of Marc Khouzam
>> > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 8:29 AM
>> > To: 'CDT General developers list.'
>> > Subject: [cdt-dev] API tooling for CDT 8.0 and CDT 7.0.1
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > just a reminder that now that we have moved to developing
>> new CDT versions,
>> > you should update
>> > your API baselines to the CDT 7.0 code for both 8.0 and 7.0.1.
>> >
>> > There has already been some commits to CDT 8.0 that broke
>> API tooling :-)
>> >
>> > Here is how I do it, takes 30 seconds:
>> >
>> > 1- download CDT 7.0 from
>> >
>> http://download.eclipse.org/tools/cdt/builds/7.0.0/I.I20100614
>> 1710/index.html
>> > 2- unzip it in some directory (I create a CDT7.0 dir)
>> > 3- in eclipse go to Preferences->Plug-in Development->API Baselines
>> > 4- Press the Add Baselines... button
>> > 5- Name your new baseline (I use CDT7.0)
>> > 6- Choose the directory of point #2 and press OK
>> > 7- make sure the new baseline is the selected one.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Marc
>> >
>> >
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