Previous names is a good idea We should adopt it! Stef
On Jan 15, 2011, at 9:52 AM, Hernán Morales Durand wrote: > Hi Stef > > 2011/1/15 Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]>: >> >> On Jan 14, 2011, at 6:24 PM, Hernán Morales Durand wrote: >> >>> Try PluggableSet >>> >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg22890.html >>> >>> Is there a way for you guys to deprecate deleted classes or mantain a >>> record of deleted behaviors? (IIRC VW did this from 2.x versions) >> >> We try but we do not have the engineers of VW. >> Now find somebody that pay us just 3 engineers full time for two years and >> you will not >> recognized pharo and its process. > > I know we are very few, but what about this idea, instead of just > deleting a class we may adopt these simple rules: > > 1 - If deleting a class add the deleted class name somewhere (in a method?) > 2 - If renaming a class, make the class to know its previous names > like #previousNames > (Norberto Manzanos implemented this for his own package management and > I think is a great idea) > > doesn't require tools, just some consensus and maybe a modified > #deleteClass to enforce this "policy" > > it sounds feasible for you? what do you think? > > Hernán >
