I can assure you that there was nothing hasty about this decision. We have been planning it, and working towards it, for some time.
We understand that there are some features of the v2 API not yet offered in v3, but we know (based on usage data that we collect) that the features used by the vast majority of v2 sites are now available in v3. It has never been our intention to migrate every v2 feature to v3. Some get so little use that it is simply not worthwhile. Others, such as the utility functions, are now better served by other means, such as the Closure Library. We therefore ask that you help us prioritise the remaining missing features by raising those you need on the Issue Tracker. Graduating from Code Labs is not just about features. It's also about testing, monitoring, versioning, interface stability, responsiveness to bugs, enterprise support, and a long term commitment to the future of the API. All of these are now in place for v3. We also felt that it was only right to be honest with developers that we are no longer investing in new v2 features. This is why we felt the time was right to graduate v3 and deprecate v2. Many thanks, Thor. On May 24, 8:46 pm, Pepe <[email protected]> wrote: > Am I the only one that believe the conversion of Maps API v3 in the > official release and the consequent deprecation of the Maps API v2 was > a hasty decision?. > > Don’t you see the v3 too green to be the substitute of v2?. > > Don’t you believe that this decision was driven by the necessity of > announcing something more o less significant in Google I/O?. > > What can I do with my v2 mashups…, I want to include the new features > of v3 but I don’t want to renounce to all features not supported in > this brand new version?. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Maps API" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en.
