[go-nuts] Re: Looking for info on how Go package developers handle breaking changes with other packages

2016-08-12 Thread Chris Bogart
Thank you both -- yes, I see the problem. It was tricky to get the questions right to apply across ecosystems with different infrastructure and terminology; but we're particularly interested in comparing ecosystems like Go and (much of) Swift that don't have central repositories with ones

[go-nuts] Looking for info on how Go package developers handle breaking changes with other packages

2016-08-10 Thread Chris Bogart
Hi, I'm looking for some help from developers who write Go packages. My research group is interested in the different choices new package managers and repositories are making when designing their ecosystems. Platforms like Node.js/NPM, Google's go, and Rust/Cargo are making somewhat different