Nico Klasens wrote:
> Fourth, IMO, changing user functionality should be commnicated, but
> refactoring code to have a more robust and stable system could happen at
> anytime. There are a lot of good experienced developers watching mmbase who
> don't want to go through all the bureaucratic procedures to change some
> methods they know could be better.

I agree. If every committor would only once a year do what you did, the code
would look a lot nicer already.

> backward compatibility again. Yes, we have to provide a durable api, but
> aren't we allowed to change the api between major releases?
> 

I'm never sure about that. Of course it does happen sometimes. But I think
we may sometimes be a bit (too) reluctant here.


Michiel


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