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[cdt-dev] RE: Should we do a major version increment for DSF-GDB

No objections in 3 weeks: SOLD!

I'm going to bump org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb to 4.0.  
There's already a couple of things we can clean-up.

Marc


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Khouzam 
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 4:35 PM
> To: 'CDT General developers list.'
> Subject: RE: Should we do a major version increment for DSF-GDB
> 
> Going twice...
> 
> As John mentioned, keeping API compatibility costs both effort
> and code clarity.  If it will not be beneficial for people, I do not
> want to 'torture' myself or patch contributors by keeping API
> compatibility.
> 
> No one has objected yet...
> I'll wait a little more, but if we do a major increment,
> there is no turning back, so speak now if it will cause
> you problems.
> 
> Be aware that this is not a 'carte blanche'.
> We will still try to keep the APIs stable, but when
> required, we would change them.
> 
> Again, this is for DSF-GDB only, not DSF.
> 
> Marc
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marc Khouzam
> > Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 8:04 AM
> > To: 'CDT General developers list.'
> > Subject: [cdt-dev] Should we do a major version increment 
> for DSF-GDB
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > recent mailing list discussions point to the fact
> > that integrators starting to use DSF-GDB will
> > want/need to change some aspects that would require
> > efforts to keep API-compatibility.
> > 
> > Are there integrators out there that already use
> > DSF-GDB that would like us to try to keep
> > API-compatibility with Helios?
> > 
> > If no one is against it, and considering we already
> > have people voting in favor, we will up the DSF-GDB 
> > major version right away, to make Indigo development
> > much easier.
> > 
> > This is for DSF-GDB plugins only (org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb*),
> > not the DSF plugins.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Marc
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