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Josh Elser commented on HBASE-13554: ------------------------------------ Cool. Thanks, Sean. Also thanks for the updated pointer. Google had directed me to some old documentation the matter. I didn't look at the book to figure out how to publish the book :) > Update book clarifying API stability guarantees > ----------------------------------------------- > > Key: HBASE-13554 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-13554 > Project: HBase > Issue Type: Task > Components: documentation > Reporter: Josh Elser > Assignee: Josh Elser > Fix For: 2.0.0 > > Attachments: HBASE-13554.patch > > > From the "Clarifying interface evolution freedom in patch releases" > [thread|http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/hbase-dev/201504.mbox/%3CCA%2BRK%3D_CkTUfa3nWPsy2A0PZt07h%3D1stP72rcazBrw5U0JFdgXA%40mail.gmail.com%3E] > on dev@h.a.o > Seems we have consensus that "HBase uses Semantic Versioning" isn't quite > correct (or desired) at the moment. Update the documentation to make sure > we're not misrepresenting any guarantees to users. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)