[jira] (CONTINUUM-1342) Tool support for improved backward compatibility and API stability.

["Brett Porter (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

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Brett Porter updated CONTINUUM-1342:
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    Patch Submitted: Yes
    
> Tool support for improved backward compatibility and API stability. 
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>                 Key: CONTINUUM-1342
>                 URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/CONTINUUM-1342
>             Project: Continuum
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>    Affects Versions: 1.0.3
>            Reporter: Erik Drolshammer
>              Labels: backlog-to-cleanup
>         Attachments: 2007.09.11_poc-ed.patch, code.zip, springExample.zip
>
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> Backward compatibility can be tested by integrating projects that depend on the previous version
> of the service with the new (development) version of the service. If it builds successfully, then the
> new version is backward compatible for the functionality utilized by these projects. Otherwise, a
> compatibility issue has been identified. Additionally, if integration is done after every change to the
> service, it will also be possible to determine what change that caused the build to fail. The concept
> is thus to utilize projects that depend on the service as test data and build these projects at
> regular intervals with the new version of the service.
> The attached code proves shows how this can be implemented. The code is based on continuum 1.0.3. 

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