[jbpm-dev] Re: GPD file format change

[Thomas Diesler]

Koen,

could you please discuss the impact of these changes with Trevor?

Perhaps you can comment on the forum
http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4214404

cheers
-thomas

trevor kirby wrote:
> Thomas Diesler wrote:
>> Hi Trevor,
>>
>> today, I noticed a potential issue with possibly incompatible GPD 
>> files in jbpm-3.2.5.SP2
>>
>> http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4214404#4214404
>>
>> It seems that the example GPD files that are shipped in jbpm-3.2.5.SP2 
>> are not verified with the GPD version from that release.
>>
>> Do you actually do some GPD backwards compatibility checking?
> We do not, JBDS handles the tooling aspect, Max or John Graham are the 
> guys to ask.  Do you have upgrade scripts if needed? I don't know if you 
> guys are aware of the platform rules, but we are not meant to make 
> compatibility changes in a release. We are meant to make compatibility 
> changes only in a major release.
> 
>> "A Cumulative Patch is an incremental update to a release that fixes 
>> known issues. CPs do not deprecate existing or introduce new features. 
>> The only exception being features that are minor, non-default and 
>> non-intrusive. Any such exception must be approved by Engineering and 
>> Product Management and clearly documented in the release notes."
>>
>> JBoss Release Taxonomy, 1.0, 
>> https://docspace.corp.redhat.com/clearspace/docs/DOC-6430
> Trev
>>
>> cheers
>> -thomas
>>
> 

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