We could do "both" for a period of time, but maintaining two seperate interfaces (that perform the same functions) becomes more and more troublesome after time.
But there would definitely be a transition period (details to be worked out). :) Charles Daminato OpenSRS Product Manager Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Phillip Beazley > Sent: July 17, 2002 11:48 AM > To: Charles Daminato > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Low Priority Request > > > At 11:40 AM 7/17/2002 -0400, you wrote: > > >We're looking into MANY enhancements to the RWI including layout, logic > >processing, error handling (e.g. rebuilding the page and > populating the form > >with errors highlighted instead of simply saying "error" and > forcing you to > >go back a page), and other tidbits. > > Sounds great! :) > > >It's a big project though, and our timelines are currently > unknown. Since > >many resellers rely on the RWI to grab data [1] (many even automagically > >with Curl or LWP/SSLeay) we have to ensure we either do a slow > transition or > >attempt to keep backwards compatability (which will make major updates > >difficult, but we'll work it out) > > Ahh yeah. Well, how about a leaving that one the way it is for this > purpose and having a separate one for human consumption? Very little > additional work involved and you wouldn't have to worry about backwards > compatibility on the "new" one. In fact, make it extremely well > known that > the new interface should not be scripted against and would be > done at their > own risk. > > > -- > Phillip Beazley > FutureSights -- Website Hosting, Development & E-commerce > Visit http://www.futuresights.com/ or call 727-578-9600. >
