Hi Greg,
These are valid concerns, and we're aware that gadget developers
don't want to get stuck between API versions and caching. For the
first issue, the cache lifespan is only an hour, so users with older
versions of the gadget will only be out of sync for a relatively short
period of time. Secondly, you'll notice that the <Require
feature="opensocial-0.5" /> contains a version number. The plan is to
release a higher version API while still supporting a lower version
number for a short period of time, so that developers are able to port
their apps while minimizing downtime due to breaking changes in the
API. We won't be able to guarantee this for all changes (if the
underlying infrastructure changes, for example) but we'll certainly be
working hard to minimize the amount of pain that such changes will
bring.
~Arne
On Nov 4, 8:09 am, EGreg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Arne - it's cool to be able to not cache the gadget, but this brings
> up a problem which I mentioned in another thread ("Unofficial bugs").
> If gadgets are cached AND the underlying API implementation changes
> (which, if experience with facebook taught us anything, is very
> possible), it will be a big problem. If the container changes its
> implementation, all the cached apps would break. At which point can
> app developers "fix" and "adapt" their applications then? Perhaps, if
> you really will cache javascript, there should be some revision number
> for the container's implementation. When it changes, the app
> developers have a chance to upload a script with the new revision
> number, so that (potentially) millions of users aren't stuck having to
> re-add the application.
>
> Greg
>
> On Nov 4, 4:40 am, Sahil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I have created a Greasemonkey script for firefox, which will append
> > &bpc=1 automatically to the application pages.
>
> >http://www.tricks4fun.com/orkut-sandbox-permanent-no-cache/
>
> > On Nov 3, 10:32 pm, "Arne Roomann-Kurrik (Google)"
>
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Orkut's sandbox caches your gadget to improve latency. This is
> > > undesirable during development, so to bypass caching on a given Orkut
> > > page, please append &bpc=1 to the URL of the page itself:
>
> > > For example:
>
> > > Cached:http://sandbox.orkut.com/Application.aspx?uid=x&appId=x
>
> > > Not cached:http://sandbox.orkut.com/Application.aspx?uid=x&appId=x&bpc=1
>
> > > Please note that you do not append bpc=1 to the url of the gadget you
> > > install.
>
> > > ~Arne
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