[HADOOP-10896] Update compatibility doc to capture visibility of un-annotated classes/ methods

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.4.1
• Fix Version/s: 2.5.0
• Component/s: documentation
• Target Version/s: 2.5.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Karthik Kambatla
• Reporter: Karthik Kambatla
• Created: 25/Jul/14 06:33
• Updated: 03/Nov/14 18:34
• Resolved: 26/Jul/14 00:50

Description

From discussion on email thread, we should add something to the effect of

"Classes without annotations are to considered @Private. Class members without specific annotations inherit the annotations of the class."