On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 11:27 AM Wim Jongman <wim.jong...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Should we not support older versions of Eclipse? >>> >> >> There is 2 years notice period so I would say do not support versions >> older than 2 years. >> > > We provide LTS so it is not possible for everyone. It would also not catch > the API break in the i-build. > API is deprecated for at least 2 years before being removed so if a project has deprecations free build with the 2 years old version it will work fine with the latest release. > > 1. The person that proposes the API change makes an impact analysis by >>> searching all the Eclipse repositories, removal is abandoned if used > x% >>> 2. Removal of API is sent to the mailing list of the project that uses >>> the API so that we can fix things in time, especially when the project is >>> in maintenance mode. >>> >> >> 1. and 2. are not realistic if we go that path why don't we add Spring >> Tools or JBoss Tools which are one of the widely used plugins out there. >> Why not add Pydev too? Requiring to subscribe to project list to notify is >> a bit too much for me. There is a reason we have cross-project list. >> Effectively this proposal is to never ever change anything and let Eclipse >> Platform collapse under its own weight where we keep shipping multiple ways >> to do things - each with its own oddities. >> > > Yes, we should add them as well. It is also about the thousands of > consumers that we don't know. > > And I really don't think that leaving three lines in Platform will cause > Eclipse to collapse under its own weight. Java has never removed a > deprecated method or an API class. AFAICT, they are fine :) > That ^^ is no longer true for Java too. https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/jdk-11-relnote.html#Removed and continues in newer versions. > > Cheers, > > Wim > > _______________________________________________ > platform-dev mailing list > platform-dev@eclipse.org > To unsubscribe from this list, visit > https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-dev > -- Alexander Kurtakov Red Hat Eclipse Team
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