Re: Library packages: co-installability, build-depends, transitions

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Subject: Re: Library packages: co-installability, build-depends, transitions
From: Marcus Better <marcus@better.se>
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:52:01 +0200
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Ludovic Claude wrote:
> I have recently packaged the clirr tool which does exactly that: give it
> 2 versions of a jar, and it will report any API breaking changes.

Nice, looks useful, but note that it only detects visible API changes, not 
more subtle changes in behaviour. (The general problem is of course 
computationally intractable.)

Cheers,

Marcus

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- Library packages: co-installability, build-depends, transitions
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- Re: Library packages: co-installability, build-depends, transitions
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