On Sep 21, 2011, at 7:10 PM, Markus KARG wrote:
>> While the proposed changes introduce a risk of BW incompatibility, the
>> ...
>> FWIW, we have already checked our intent within the JavaEE architects
>> and spec leads group and while personal opinions
>> of individual spec leads are divided, we are free to proceed with the
>> change at our own discretion.
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> Strange. I once read on this list that we must not induce ANY backwards incompatibility.
Yes, that caught my eye, too earlier today.
Essentially, such an incompatibility could force someone to adjust their JAX-RS based implementation when upgrading the Java stack to the one that comes with JAX-RS 2.0, right?
Nowadays, it seems every non-toying system is equipped with some sort of REST API, even if it is just for the sake of the name :-)
Sounds scary to me.
Jan
> Can you elaborate why THIS one is different?
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