> I am happy to NOT!! have to deal with bugzilla on a day-base ... > (bad me, since bugzilla is true OS software) > -M > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > Matthias Wessendorf wrote: > > > > > > > > > MyFaces Core and the Portlet Bridge have an API policy in that the API > > is > > > > dictated by a Portlet Bridge spec. They don't have any guidelines in > > IMPL > > > > > > > > > > > > > > yeah, spec impls (at least their APIs don't count). > > > It's time for a new lifecycle phase... :D > > > > > > > > > > > > > though. I think the majority of the projects rely on the committeers > to > > > > review and test any additions. > > > > > > > > > > > yeah, less or more. Maven is pretty picky, so is Lucene. > > > But at the old job, we never had issues with incompatibility with > > > Lucene updates. > > > > > > > > > > > > > But like Matthias said, it's a good idea to bring it up in an email. > > Stuff > > > > tends to be better when the community is involved. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > yeah, jira is a bad discussion platform (at least for me) > > > > > > -Matthias > > > > > > > > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Matthias Wessendorf wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Andy Schwartz > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Andrew Robinson > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I would like to have: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1) Major and Major.Minor support > > > > > > > 2) A syntax that is already supported by CSS @ styles in at > > least > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > one > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > browser or as close as we can come > > > > > > > 3) Range, greater than and less than if possible > > > > > > > > > > > > These all sound good to me. The underlying style handling layer > > (the > > > > > > old XSS stuff) was never designed to support #1 or #3, but think > it > > > > > > would be worthwhile to see what we can do to address these. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > #2 I think is really important so that skinning feels familiar > > to > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > CSS > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > developers. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If the solution meets those needs, I will be very happy, but > > others > > > > > > > can decide on the exact syntax, I'm flexible > > > > > > > > > > > > I've got a process question here, which I am a bit hesitant to ask > > > > > > given our recent "discussions", but, well, what the heck... > > Shouldn't > > > > > > we be discussing/reviewing such requirements/API additions before > > the > > > > > > changes are committed to the trunks? Not that I am not grateful > > that > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > at least (I personally think) having a "I am about to commit this" is > > not > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > > > > > > bad thing (tm) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cristi has invested the time on providing a solution (thanks for > > doing > > > > > > this Cristi!). I am just wondering whether in general it would be > > > > > > better to review/agree on new APIs before they get committed. > > > > > > > > > > > > Does Trinidad (or MyFaces) have any policy/guidelines on how new > > > > > > API/feature additions should be handled? Not picking on Cristi > > here - > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nope. Not that I know. Some other Apache projects have; some not. > > > > > I think that for adding new APIs, we might want that we at least get > > > > > an alert before :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I recently added some new skinning features myself and wasn't sure > > > > > > whether there were some specific steps that I needed to follow. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > haven't you ping the mailing list? If not, go ahead ! > > > > > > > > > > If it is just still in jira, well... it can be > > > > > there for a while. Bug trackers aren't that cool for discussions. > > Mailing > > > > > list are (I hate forums) > > > > > > > > > > -M > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Matthias Wessendorf > > further stuff: > blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ > sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf > mail: matzew-at-apache-dot-org >
-- Matthias Wessendorf further stuff: blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf mail: matzew-at-apache-dot-org
