Re: New rule
- From: Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>
- To: Richard Hughes <hughsient gmail com>
- Cc: Gtk+ Developers <gtk-devel-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: New rule
- Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:44:24 +0100
On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 17:33 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
> How about, if you plan to break API, it's mandatory to write entries
> in the migration guide. Heck, even a quick email to the mailing list
> explaining how to convert code might be nice.
>
> I'm getting really tired from people changing big parts of the API a
> few days before release, and then release teams expecting developers
> to produce tarballs that actually work. gtk-2.91.1 is broken for
> GtkComboBoxText, and gtk git master is broken for any GtkApplication
> using application. libnotify just changed API in a major way, which
> means we can't even use old tarballs until everything settles down.
> devhelp won't compile, so we can't even use the viewer application.
devhelp won't compile because WebKitGTK wasn't ported.
> Could somebody please port all my projects. I've got better things to
> do than re-port all my stuff without a migration document. Again.
I'll also note that some apps can't be ported, like gnome-control-center
or totem because the only way to get arguments is through "open" which
only deals with files/URIs.
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