I really would like to move forward with this. If you look at the code in src/main/java/org/apache/bcel/generic/FieldGenOrMethodGen.java you will see:
Public addAttribute ... Protected addAnnotationEntry ... Public removeAttribute ... Protected removeAnnotationEntry ... Public removeAttributes ... Protected remove AnnotationEntries ... I would just like to change the protected to public so one can manipulate annotations in the same manner as attributes. Thank you, Mark -----Original Message----- From: Gary Gregory [mailto:garydgreg...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 18, 2019 8:29 AM To: Commons Developers List Subject: Re: strange change to src/main/java/org/apache/bcel/generic/FieldGenOrMethodGen.java Hi All: The upshot here (to me) is that we have an opportunity to help Mark by: - Simply agreeing that it is OK to change the visibility of the method(s) if appropriate tests are added, or: - Provide a new API _somewhere_, presumably in the _best/right_ place that fulfills his app's needs. The difference being changing visibility solely for expediency's sake vs. thinking about the API and making sure provide this functionality in the right place. It seems that Mark can help us see it best since he's quite familiar with the code by now. Gary On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 5:37 AM Emmanuel Bourg <ebo...@apache.org> wrote: > Le 18/10/2019 à 11:10, Xeno Amess a écrit : > > Do commons follow semver? > > No but we care about backward compatibility. > > Emmanuel Bourg > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org