Re: [infinispan-dev] public API/what should be preserve between minor releases?

On 21 Nov 2012, at 17:02, Mircea Markus <mmarkus(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > Hi, > > Cache, CacheManager and all the API that's in the org.infinispan package needs to be backward compatible. > > What about more obscure stuff, e.g. > RpcManager.invokeRemotelyInFuture(Collection<Address> recipients, ReplicableCommand rpc, boolean usePriorityQueue, NotifyingNotifiableFuture<Object> future); > > This is still accessible through cache.getAdvancedCache().getRpcManager(), so it still counts as public API. I doubt that any user is using that method directly, but OTOH it's public so who knows. > What do people think? Shall we be strict with regard to such 'obscure' methods between minor releases? More than something exposed via AdvancedCache, it's more of a concern when it comes to people writing custom interceptors and may have direct access to the RpcManager. What do you intend to change in the RpcManager?