I have filed a couple of bugs. Amongst which: * *Bug 567200* <https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=567200> - Only remove API one time a year * *Bug 567203* <https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=567203> - Require reason and impact assessment for API removal
The umbrella bug is here. *Bug 567195* <https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=567195> - Optimize the API removal process Cheers, Wim On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 9:05 PM Wim Jongman <wim.jong...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > jface.util.Assert was removed as well as platform.getJobManager. > > I love the cleanup but I hate the panic that this causes. I take care of > WindowBuilder and Nebula releng. We do not build against the development > version but against an older version. This is to protect us to not > accidentally use a new API that is not compatible with the oldest Eclipse > we support. This means that the build completes normally. > > Should we not support older versions of Eclipse? > > So now we have the removal of jface.util.Assert which breaks > WindowBuilder. I did not see it because I did not use WB after Assert was > removed only six weeks ago (over the holidays). Now the reports flow in > because people are upgrading and we are no longer compatible with the > latest eclipse. > > *I suggest adding three things to the API removal process.* > > 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. > 3. API's are only removed before M1. This gives us some more time to catch > and fix. > > Cheers, > > Wim > > * As an added bonus I now also have to deal with the removal of > platform.getJobManager that break the IBM rational plugins that we use for > our product. Now I have to chase IBM to fix something, I'd rather be > fighting windmills. > > > >
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