Re: [equinox-dev] .qualifier for export package?

[BJ Hargrave <hargrave@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Right, but since package versions will now evolve
independently of bundle 
> versions, should the package name also appear in the @since tag -
like 
> "@since org.eclipse.jdt.debug.model 3.4". Else, when just
looking at the 
> Javadoc, consumers of an API will not know if they need a required
bundle 
> or a package import.

Wouldn't the package name already be
stated by the package statement at the head of the source code? It seem
redundant and repetitive to put it in the @since tag.

I think @since obviously applies to
the package. When you javadoc the code, bundle membership is absent. Only
the package organization remains.
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