Backward compatible

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Altug Altintas

Backward compatible

Post by Altug Altintas » Wed Oct 23, 2002 10:51 am

I think Jfreechart is not backward compatible, what i wrote on 0.8.1 version is not working on 0.9.3 version. I just want to say nothing more ...

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Altug.

Dave Gilbert

Re: Backward compatible

Post by Dave Gilbert » Wed Oct 23, 2002 5:38 pm

Hi Altug,

The JFreeChart API changes in just about every version, the only way to avoid that would be to slow down the development and add complexity to the code whenever a new feature is added that doesn't quite fit into the existing structures.

My plan is to freeze the API when version 1.0.0 is released, and start preserving backward compatibility from that point on. For now, I know the changes cause people trouble, but that is the price of faster progress.

Regards,

DG

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