[Qt-creator] Planning Qt Creator 2.8 + 0.1

[Nicolas Arnaud-Cormos]

Hi André,

Thanks for the overview, I'm quite happy seeing Qt Creator taking this 
direction.

On 13/06/2013 16:06, Poenitz Andre wrote:
> 2. 2.8 + 0.1 makes 3.0, as we use base-9 for version numbers ;-). More
> seriously, we'd like to make the point that with Android and iOS support we
> have a new "phase". At the same time we'd like to stiffen the rules on core
> compatibility to make it easier for 3rdparty plugin developers to keep their
> plugins working. Current thinking is to aim at source and binary compatibility
> within a minor series (i.e. 3.0 and 3.0.1 could be interchanged, but not, say,
> 3.0 and 3.1).

> 5. "committed" maintenance: In preparation of the potential compatibility
> promises the core interfaces need some auditing, and possibly re-shuffling
> and "real" documentation. In addition there should be general performance
> audit/profiling including fixing the most glaring issues that will come up.

The current policy when it comes to plugin API (correct me if I'm wrong) 
is: "make everything private except if it's needed".
Does that mean that it will change slightly to have useful methods 
public, even if not used?

To give you an example, the switchHeaderSource is private, but it could 
very be used by 3rd party plugin.

Cheers,
Nicolas

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