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

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

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-17802?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

stack resolved HBASE-17802.
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       Resolution: Fixed
     Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
    Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
     Release Note: Update our semver section to include a note on our allowing ourselves the right to add methods to an Interface over a minor version as agreed to up on the dev list:  "If a Client implements an HBase Interface, a recompile MAY be required upgrading to a newer minor version (See release notes for warning about incompatible changes). All effort will be made to provide a default implementation so this case should not arise."

Thanks for the reviews [~apurtell] and [~carp84] (Commit included Andrew's suggestion).

> 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
>             Fix For: 2.0.0
>
>         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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