[jbpm-dev] Re: GPD file format change

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#... > > 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 >