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Ajay Kumar commented on HADOOP-15160: ------------------------------------- agree, I think those two sections with incompatible changes should be merged. Thoughts on {{Delete an optional field as long as the optional field has reasonable defaults to allow deletions}} ? To me this looks like an compatible change. > Confusing text in > http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/current/hadoop-project-dist/hadoop-common/Compatibility.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: HADOOP-15160 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-15160 > Project: Hadoop Common > Issue Type: Bug > Components: documentation > Reporter: Jim Showalter > Priority: Minor > > The text in wire formats, policy, is confusing. > First, there are two subsections with the same heading: > The following changes to a .proto file SHALL be considered incompatible: > The following changes to a .proto file SHALL be considered incompatible: > Second, one of the items listed under the first of those two headings seems > like it is a compatible change, not an incompatible change: > Delete an optional field as long as the optional field has reasonable > defaults to allow deletions -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: common-issues-unsubscr...@hadoop.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: common-issues-h...@hadoop.apache.org