Hello Frank, On Thursday 14 May 2009, 15:12, Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany wrote: > Hi Ariel, > > > is there already a general agreement about when API changes will be > > allowed? > > In my understanding, there was no definitive answer to this question in > the thread which discussed it. The general consensus seemed to be > towards "change anything you like (as long as it's reasonable) in a > major release". In my opinion, this /perhaps/ is somewhat too generous > for a major release, and /definitely/ too restrictive for all > intermediate releases.
well, I couldn't find info about the OOo 2.0 release, but just comparing OOo 2.0.1 = Dec. 2005 http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OOoRelease201 OOo 3.0 = Oct 2008 http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OOoRelease30 If major releases happen every 3 years, then allowing API changes only on a mayor release does not make much sense to me. > Well, I think I'll challenge that rule sooner or later, I have a lot of > small changes to start with :). For instance, I'd like to take all those > awt/form services which effectively describe *implementations* in OOo, > and make all the "optional" properties added over the years > non-optional, to match reality. I have several changes in mind for the awt module (including my "enhanced" menu API); this module has several non-senses (like a top window not being a window, and the like). I volunteer myself for fixing the ones in my list (once API changes are allowed). Regards -- Ariel Constenla-Haile La Plata, Argentina --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
