[jira] [Created] (RNG-46) Benign binary incompatibility (?)

["Gilles (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Gilles created RNG-46:
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             Summary: Benign binary incompatibility (?)
                 Key: RNG-46
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RNG-46
             Project: Commons RNG
          Issue Type: Bug
            Reporter: Gilles
            Priority: Blocker
             Fix For: 1.1


Clirr reports this error:
{{Removed org.apache.commons.rng.sampling.distribution.SamplerBase from the list of superclasses}}
for this class:
{{org.apache.commons.rng.sampling.distribution.BoxMullerLogNormalSampler}}

It is quite true.
However, no functionality inherited from {{SamplerBase}} could have been used since a {{null}} was passed to its constructor (i.e. any call to a method from the base class would trigger a {{NullPointerException}}).

Moreover:
* {{SamplerBase}} is only meant for internal usage,
* it only contains {{protected}} methods,
* {{BoxMullerLogNormalSampler}} is going to be flagged as {{@deprecated}} in the next release.

Hence, I think that it is quite safe to release a 1.1 version (i.e. no change in major number!) despite this incompatibility.

Please confirm.



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