On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Sander Temme wrote:
> on 6/13/01 7:10 AM, Cliff Woolley at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > Well, there was no announcement, but as I personally see it, the API's
> > haven't changed significantly in quite a while now. I'd personally feel
>
> If there was no announcement, how are people not on this list supposed to
> know? Maybe the ASF should come forth and declare the API stable: "this is
> it, run with it" to module developers. If that is not possible yet, maybe
> release an indication on what is set in stone, what is still clay.
No API is stable in this server, and it never has been. That is the whole
point of the MMN, the API's change as the server evolves. Having said
that, I don't want to see the API change much if we can help it, because
that does make it very hard for more people to start writing modules, but
I have been saying that for too long to start beating that drum again.
I don't not believe we should ever make a public announcement that the
server API is stable, because that means that we really can't change the
API even if we need to.
A beta release, AFAIAC, is supposed to make that statement for us.
However, with our current model, I am not really sure what a beta release
means, since the server could go from beta back to alpha, as it has
already.
Ryan
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