Am 08/24/16 um 00:08 schrieb Paul Benedict: > POM and a future major version POM? I am hinting at a strategy for forward > compatibility.
Is forward compatibility really needed/required? Java developers would not mind, if the classfiles they produce cannot be used with an older JRE. Are we really heading for forward compatibility? Is that really a requirement when the binaries to build do not adhere to that as well? Is there any programming language/platform out there applying forward compatibility? My knowledge of different programming eco systems is limited, of course. You cannot pass more recent XYZ sourcecode to less recent XYZ compilers in any programming language I know of, however. Can you give an example of a programming language/system where this is wanted/required/supported? Regards, -- Christian --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org