[RNG-46] Benign incompatibility (?)

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Information Provided
• Fix Version/s: 1.1
• Component/s: sampling
• Labels: compatibility incompatibility
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Gilles Sadowski
• Created: 11/Jan/18 14:20
• Updated: 14/Aug/18 13:48
• Resolved: 26/Jan/18 11:47

Description

Clirr reports this error:
Removed org.apache.commons.rng.sampling.distribution.SamplerBase from the list of superclasses
for this class:
org.apache.commons.rng.sampling.distribution.BoxMullerLogNormalSampler

It is quite true.
However, no functionality inherited from SamplerBase could have been used since a null was passed to its constructor (i.e. any call to a method from the base class would trigger a NullPointerException).

Moreover:

• SamplerBase is only meant for internal usage,
• it only contains protected methods,
• BoxMullerLogNormalSampler is going to be flagged as @deprecated in the next release.

Hence, I think that it is quite safe to release a 1.1 version (i.e. no change in major number!) despite this incompatibility.

Please confirm.

See also the discussion on the "dev" ML.