[hibernate-dev] Evolvement of SPIs

Hi, related to my earlier mail on deprecations there's another thought I'd like to discuss. When evolving an SPI (typically *implemented* by clients), other restrictions apply than when evolving an API (typically *used* by clients). More specifically, it's no problem to add new methods to an API

[hibernate-dev] HV: Handling of deprecations

Hi all, Hardy and I have been discussing approaches for deprecating certain features in Hibernate Validator [1], and we thought it might be a good idea to get some more feedback on this from you folks. Basically we've identified two areas of deprecation which need to be addressed. One are change