> On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 17:00, Branko Èibej wrote:
> > * A minor version change implies backward compatible changes in the
> > API, schema and protocols. For example, a client built against
> > library version X.Y.Z will work correctly with library version
> > X.Y+1.n; and an X.Y+1.n server will work correctly with a
> > repository created by svnadmin X.Y.Z.
>
> I'd also throw in backward-compatible changes to the programs we ship.
> A script written to svn X.Y.Z should work with SVN X.Y+1.n. (For the
> most part, anyway. I don't think we need to bump to svn 2.0 if we
> change the meaning of "svn diff -r X:Y foo" according to CMike's plan,
> for instance, even though it's *conceivable* that a script could be
> relying on the old meaning.)
:-) In this case the svn command line client could be viewed as a library
for the script. (Which indeed means to imply that the APR versioning document
could be applicable.) :-)
Note that this schema for version numbering does not imply that a new minor
number contains new functionality. The new minor could also be a bugfix which
would not be satisfied by the 'forward and backward' compatibility
constraint. From an earlier post from you I concluded that to you a new minor number
implies new functionality.
bye,
Erik.
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