Re: Release scheduling, branching & NEWS for 5.4
| From: | Pierre Joye | Date: | Tue, 04 Sep 2012 06:05:51 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Release scheduling, branching & NEWS for 5.4 | ||
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hi Stas!
On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com> wrote:
>> And no BC in 5.5 as well. Which will cause us some issue for 5.5 as
>> master actually has BC breaks as far as I remember.
>
> We accept binary API changes in 5.5,
Right, that's totally fine.
> but only very slight PHP-level API
> changes (such as removal of functions like logo GUIDs).
I'm not sure about that one, but generally speaking backward
compatibility breaks are not allowed, no matter which.
> Another important point - any such change that may influence PHP
> developers should be in UPGRADING file. Including adding functions,
> arguments, options, etc. - this will help to keep it properly documented
> too.
Anything should be there imo :)
Cheers,
--
Pierre
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