[Development] Add-ons: Removing obsolete API in the same major version

[Thiago Macieira]

On terça-feira, 29 de outubro de 2013 18:01:34, Laszlo Papp wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am about to deprecate some API in QtSerialPort after some discussion with
> others. The target is 5.2 for this, but I would like to know if we can
> remove that API or revamp it without considerations in 5.3 and later.

You can remove in Qt 6.0.

If you want to remove in 5.3, you'll need to change the library soname. We 
don't have a provision for that in the buildsystem. I urge you not to go this 
route.

> Perhaps, this would not be possible for essentials before Qt 6, but what is
> the policy for add-ons? Can exceptions be made in there?

See above.
-- 
Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
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