I agree with dkubb and I don't. > if you feel really strongly about changing something, make a > plugin with the behavior, promote it to the mailing list, and if it > gets wide usage *and* proves itself in practice to the DM devs *then* > try to push for the DataMapper API to be changed.
Yes, it should go in a plugin, no, at some point in time should the plugin become a part of core. This is something that is frustrating in other pluggable applications and when something moves from a plugin to core it tends to be irritating to see the bug is 'oh my package name changed.' I'm pointing at you merb-helpers_helpers- helpers_helpers. On Dec 3, 12:48 am, "Dan Kubb (dkubb)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm trying not to get sucked into this debate, but I will say one > thing: if you feel really strongly about changing something, make a > plugin with the behavior, promote it to the mailing list, and if it > gets wide usage *and* proves itself in practice to the DM devs *then* > try to push for the DataMapper API to be changed. > > At this stage of DM's development, changes that alter the core API -- > potentially affecting deployed code -- should only be accepted after > proving themselves as plugins first anyway. > > I mean, this is a tiny amount of we're talking about. Given how long > this threads is I bet by now the plugin could've been written several > times with the amount of time spent trying to convince others of it's > advantages. I say write the code and let it speak for you ;) > > Dan > (dkubb) > > P.S. I can't resist throwing in my two cents: I agree with Sam. > However, I'm not going to attempt to add anything new, because really > at this stage I think all the important pros/cons have been discussed > already. Besides, my thoughts can be nicely summed up by the > following:http://is.gd/a0QH --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DataMapper" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/datamapper?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
