[forge-dev] Plugin Backwards Compatibility

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 07:55:56AM -0400, Vineet Reynolds Pereira wrote:
>My bad. Zimbra swallowed a portion of the previous response when I hit 'send'. Forge would display something like this in 1.2.3:
>
>[example-project] example-project $ example-plugin oldcommand
>***WARNING*** The command (oldcommand) is deprecated and may be removed in future versions
>Executed named command without args.

What does that last line mean ? Seems like a confusing thing ?

btw. nice to have deprecation ability.

/max

>There is also a related item in JIRA: FORGE-828, but from what I've noticed, this is not wired up to display deprecated options/commands as striked out text.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Vineet Reynolds Pereira" <vpereira at redhat.com>
>> To: "forge-dev List" <forge-dev at lists.jboss.org>
>> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 5:06:53 PM
>> Subject: Re: [forge-dev] Plugin Backwards Compatibility
>>
>> Yes, George worked on this feature:
>> https://issues.jboss.org/browse/FORGE-826 . I just tested it, and it
>> works:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Pete Muir" <pmuir at redhat.com>
>> > To: "forge-dev List" <forge-dev at lists.jboss.org>
>> > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 3:21:54 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [forge-dev] Plugin Backwards Compatibility
>> >
>> > Is there a way to automatically indicate that a command or option
>> > is
>> > deprecated e.g. you annotate the method or parameter with
>> > @Deprecated and Forge automatically prints out a warning message?
>> >
>> > On 25 Mar 2013, at 09:03, Vineet Reynolds Pereira
>> > <vpereira at redhat.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > We ran into the same problem with the scaffold plugin. I wanted
>> > > some @Option-annotated method parameters and @Command-annotated
>> > > methods to be removed or deprecated, but didn't so, due to the
>> > > reasons Max and Lincoln have outlined. I would suggest retaining
>> > > the existing options and commands for backward compatibility, and
>> > > introduce new ones if you can make them work with the existing
>> > > ones.
>> > >
>> > > ----- Original Message -----
>> > >> From: "Max Rydahl Andersen" <max.andersen at redhat.com>
>> > >> To: "forge-dev List" <forge-dev at lists.jboss.org>
>> > >> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 10:33:56 AM
>> > >> Subject: Re: [forge-dev] Plugin Backwards Compatibility
>> > >>
>> > >> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 06:09:56PM -0700, James R. Perkins
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >>> What are the rules for plugin backward compatibility? I've done
>> > >>> quite a
>> > >>> bit of work cleaning up the JBoss AS 7 plugin, but I changed
>> > >>> some
>> > >>> prompts and some behavior. I haven't completely finished
>> > >>> testing
>> > >>> yet,
>> > >>> but since Forge allows scripts I was wondering if backwards
>> > >>> compatibility is important.
>> > >>
>> > >> Yes, it is important since tutorials and eclipse plugins calling
>> > >> these commands
>> > >> will have to be updated.
>> > >>
>> > >> Especially if your plugin is used in ticketmonster :)
>> > >>
>> > >> /max
>> > >>
>> > >>> --
>> > >>> James R. Perkins
>> > >>> JBoss by Red Hat
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