Hello Pierre, My intent was never to suggest that. I was only suggesting that the distinctions within the api could be confusing enough that a new developer could easily mistake it or misunderstand it and decide not to use either. Andrew, myself, and most other developers involved have used and continued to use the legacy api for our applications including Enlightenment. EFL is the best choice! My apologies :-)
Stephen On Tue, Dec 19, 2017, 11:56 AM Andrew Williams <a...@andywilliams.me> wrote: > Hi Pierre, > > I, as most others here, think that picking EFL is a great choice. > We are in a time of flux but there is no reason to regret having used the > current stable (legacy) API. > As cedric notes this will be supported for many years and we will be > offering a smooth transition to the new Unified API as and when it is > ready. > There are many applications built on the API that will be transitioning > with you. > > Thanks for joining us :) > Andy > > On Tue, 19 Dec 2017 at 06:06 Pierre Couderc <pie...@couderc.eu> wrote: > > > On 12/18/2017 05:28 PM, Stephen Houston wrote: > > > "If we are to de-prioritise the new API at the cost of further > > development > > > of legacy APIs then we are prolonging the period of time in which we > > > request developers to use an API which we are intending to > discontinue." > > > > > > I don't disagree. But if we de-prioritize the old API at the cost of > > > furthering the development of new API then we are encouraging the > > > development of unstable apis that are not complete and won't have a > > stable > > > release for X amount of time. Which isn't exactly ideal either. I > don't > > > think either option sounds great and it's going to get to a point of > > "Don't > > > use that api, it will be discontinued, but don't use that api either > > > because it is unstable, incomplete, and will change". New developers > > will > > > look at that say... uh... okay so what do I use? Something other than > > EFL. > > > > > > > > I am glad to have developed my first application under efl (eegrep = > > multidimensional grep). > > With legacy API. > > Should I regret not having used Gnome ? > > > > PC > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-devel mailing list > > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > > -- > http://andywilliams.me > http://ajwillia.ms > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
