Since this is a plexus component implemented in Maven core [1], I don't see any problem with adding a new Method: if the method exists in interface, it exists in implementation. We would have a problem if it was an interface that is expected to be implemented by external code
So I don't see any problem with adding a new method Regards, Hervé [1] http://maven.apache.org/ref/3.1- SNAPSHOT/apidocs/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProjectHelper.html Le samedi 24 novembre 2012 14:03:07 Jason van Zyl a écrit : > Please do not change existing signatures. If it's public, you simply never > know who's using it. > On Nov 24, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am inclined to also fix a missing exception from one of the existing > > methods; comments indicate that someone avoided adding it due to > > compat issues at the time. > > > > On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Olivier Lamy <ol...@apache.org> wrote: > >> 2012/11/24 Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com>: > >>> MavenProjectHelper lives in the core, and I'd like to add another > >>> method. What's the procedure from a compatibility standpoint? Do I > >>> define a MavenProjectHelper2 that inherits from it so that existing > >>> plugins can continue to have refs to the current interface? > >> > >> IMHO as we are moving from 3.0.x to 3.1.x you can add methods here. > >> I'm sure there are a lot of implementations of this interface in the > >> world :-)>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >> > >> -- > >> Olivier Lamy > >> Talend: http://coders.talend.com > >> http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > Thanks, > > Jason > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Jason van Zyl > Founder & CTO, Sonatype > Founder, Apache Maven > http://twitter.com/jvanzyl > --------------------------------------------------------- > > First, the taking in of scattered particulars under one Idea, > so that everyone understands what is being talked about ... Second, > the separation of the Idea into parts, by dividing it at the joints, > as nature directs, not breaking any limb in half as a bad carver might. > > -- Plato, Phaedrus (Notes on the Synthesis of Form by C. Alexander) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
