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HBASE-17802 Add note that minor versions can add methods to Interfaces

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Michael Stack 2017-03-17 16:53:47 -07:00
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@ -74,12 +74,15 @@ In addition to the usual API versioning considerations HBase has other compatibi
* An API needs to be deprecated for a major version before we will change/remove it.
* APIs available in a patch version will be available in all later patch versions. However, new APIs may be added which will not be available in earlier patch versions.
* New APIs introduced in a patch version will only be added in a source compatible way footnote:[See 'Source Compatibility' https://blogs.oracle.com/darcy/entry/kinds_of_compatibility]: i.e. code that implements public APIs will continue to compile.
* Example: A user using a newly deprecated API does not need to modify application code with HBase API calls until the next major version.
** Example: A user using a newly deprecated API does not need to modify application code with HBase API calls until the next major version.
*
.Client Binary compatibility
* Client code written to APIs available in a given patch release can run unchanged (no recompilation needed) against the new jars of later patch versions.
* Client code written to APIs available in a given patch release might not run against the old jars from an earlier patch version.
* Example: Old compiled client code will work unchanged with the new jars.
** Example: Old compiled client code will work unchanged with the new jars.
* 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.
.Server-Side Limited API compatibility (taken from Hadoop)
* Internal APIs are marked as Stable, Evolving, or Unstable