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[jira] [Commented] (HBASE-17802) Add note that minor versions can add methods to Interfaces

    [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-17802?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=15930923#comment-15930923 ] 

Andrew Purtell commented on HBASE-17802:
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+1

A suggestion:

s/should never/should not/

Never say never

> Add note that minor versions can add methods to Interfaces
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HBASE-17802
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-17802
>             Project: HBase
>          Issue Type: Task
>          Components: documentation
>            Reporter: stack
>            Assignee: stack
>         Attachments: HBASE-17802.master.001.patch
>
>
> Clarify that adding methods to Interfaces in minor releases is allowed and that we'll always try to do it in a backward compatible way.
> Here is discussion from the list:
> http://search-hadoop.com/m/HBase/YGbbQfpjp1kozD7?subj=About+adding+methods+to+an+interface+which+is+part+of+our+public+API+in+minor+release



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