On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Stas Bekman wrote: > Stas Bekman wrote: > > Geoffrey Young wrote: > > [...] > > > >> basically, my position is that mod_perl is not at 2.0 yet, so until it > >> does > >> the entire API is up for grabs. > > > > > > Your (current pmc's) position completely disregards the > > fact that when we announced the first RC1 we said that > > the API is *frozen* and very minor bug fixes may affect > > the API to a very minimum. We have given people the > > green light to port their projects to mp2, promising > > that only minor changes might be required before the > > gold 2.0 goes out. > > > > What you are proposing is a blow in the face not only to > > the users but to the developer's in first place, > > completely undermining any words that were said to the > > users before. > > > > This is immature. > > It didn't take too long to see the surprised comments from > developers: > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Many perl glue problems > Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:59:09 +0100 > From: Max Kellermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Markus Wichitill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On 2005/03/22 12:06, Markus Wichitill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > AFAICT there's only one unstable apreq branch with both the multi-env > > stuff and the Apache2:: namespace change, for which you'd need the > > unstable mod_perl branch, too. > > > > > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/perl/modperl/branches/apache2-rename-unstable > > Thanks, that solved my problem. All tests pass. > > So they're changing the API after they published a release > candidate.. strange.
I think everyone would agree that such changes being proposed after a release candidate is out are very unusual, and not done lightly. To be fair, though - Max, were you aware of the heated controversy on the mod_perl side that generated this rename proposal? -- best regards, randy --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
