On 1/24/13 5:57 PM, "Isaac Schlueter" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> We don't destabilize node-core for vocal minorities. >> Absolutely not: If something is wrong, you change it and increment the >>major >> version number. That's not "destabilizing" in any sense of the word, >>that's >> improving functionality, and telling people that you broke reverse >> compatibility in doing so. > >You're about 2 years too late, Austin. > >We only break reverse-compatibility when absolutely necessary, and >never for modules that are marked with the "Stable" stability level or >higher. > >There are some actual real-world programs running on node making real >money that pays real rents. Like it or not, Node is a relevant >platform now, not just any old program. The time for major breaking >changes is behind us.
There are some things that can't be foreseen, you will only find out if it works or not after broad adoption and when people use it to solve problems of very different domains and in ways that you never imagined... I have 40+ github repositories and this feature is only a big deal in 1 of them, if you take this as a sample it would mean that this feature is only useful for 2% of the projects. Don't expect a "vocal majority" or "experts" to complain about it, most people when faced with problems like this just "hack their way around it" and move on... >The goal of node has *always* been to get to a state where it's >effectively "done". We want node to be like awk or sed or grep: >something that's just there, and taken for granted. Awk, sed and grep *sucks*, that's why there is always someone coding alternatives (see: ag, ack, replace :P) frustration is a huge motivator for innovation/competitors... I hope this thread made you guys realize that some users are not happy with the current solutions. Maybe one day some of you guys will find yourselves on some situation where a feature like this would solve real issues and will change your opinion, maybe not; at least I expressed my desires and got a clear answer. Cheers. -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" 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/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
