Remove UIComponent.bindings field

[arjantijms]

We accidentally left in UIComponent.bindings field, even though it should have been removed.

See:

https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/mojarra/blob/master/impl/src/main/java/jakarta/faces/component/UIComponent.java#L2385

With high priority we should remove this field.

[edburns]

Discussed at 2023-09-19 Platform Project meeting:
These three would have been removed in Faces 4.1. The recently approved deprecation process does indeed cover this kind of case.
Emily observed

• The spec committee needs to grant this exception.
• Will bring this up at the next spec committee meeting, with the understanding this is pre-approved.
• It is a wasted effort to do 4.1 to accommodate these changes.

[volosied]

Changed this to the 5.0 milestone instead as we can't remove it in a minor release.

• Revert "Remove deprecated bindings field" eclipse-ee4j/mojarra#5406
• Remove 'Remove UIComponent.bindings field' from 4.1 #1899

[arjantijms]

we can't remove it in a minor release.

I think there are no real rules in Jakarta EE or the specification process that forbid this. If we want we can delete this.

[pnicolucci]

we can't remove it in a minor release.

I think there are no real rules in Jakarta EE or the specification process that forbid this. If we want we can delete this.

Hey @arjantijms, this document covers versioning for Jakarta EE: https://jakarta.ee/committees/specification/versioning/

API changes must conform to the following convention:

Major version increments: Backwards incompatible changes
Minor version increments: Additions to existing interfaces, and additions of new interfaces.
Patch version increments: Bug fixes

Since we're removing something in the API to me it falls into the "Major version increments" section.

[arjantijms]

My interpretation was slightly different

Backwards incompatible changes are allowed, but their introduction should be done in a controlled manner. All specifications should aim to use a versioning strategy conforming to the following pattern: Major.Minor.Patch

Emphasis mine. That is different from must.

For the cases where backwards incompatible changes are being made, we follow a deprecation process that broadly has two steps:
A feature is marked as deprecated in release N.
A feature is then removed in release N+1 (or beyond)

I felt like this is the only thing required. Deprecate first, then remove in next release. Where the next release has to be part of a Jakarta EE release. E.g. with Faces 4.1 in EE 11, we can't deprecate in Faces 4.2, then remove a week later in Faces 4.3, etc etc and then have Faces 4.6 as part of EE 12.

[Emily-Jiang]

You can introduce the backward compatibility but this will lead to a major release. If you want to remove this protected field, you can do a 5.0 release not 4.1 release.

[BalusC]

It's indeed a pita but it's what it is. It has been reverted from 4.1 now.

[pnicolucci]

We look to be good for Faces 4.1 for MyFaces: https://github.com/apache/myfaces/blob/4.1.x/api/src/main/java/jakarta/faces/component/UIComponent.java#L145

@tandraschko @volosied I'm removing the myfaces-implemented tag from here as well so we remember to revisit for Faces.next