Mention Java serialization compatibility?

[henrikbarium]

Reading through Binary Compatibility of Scala Releases, it remains unclear whether there is any promise whether serialVersionUID will remain stable between Scala releases.

Specifically, if running and/or compiling an application on two different Scala versions (with same major version), will a Scala (case) class get the same serialVersionUID in both cases?

I do not know the answer to that question (though I know that it did change between Scala 2.12.6 and 2.12.7), but it would be helpful to know.

[SethTisue]

see also @szeiger's remarks at scala/scala#7171 (comment) 👍

I'd be hesitant to add any guarantees around serialization compatibility because it will make it even harder to change anything in a compatible way in minor releases. Plus we'd first need tooling to check for incompatible changes, similar to what MiMa does for binary compatibility.