On 4 Dec 2008, at 05:09, Dan Peterson wrote:
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Evan Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Responses below. Again, I don't feel too strongly ("slavish" may be a
slightly strong characterization of my points), but I'm not seeing
big
benefits in the short term to major releases independent of spec
revisions.
The cost of maintaining a release can easily outweigh the benefits of
releasing a new architecture earlier, when there is likely a spec rev
coming
up in a few months. I wouldn't tie down the versions but I do see
benefits
in starting with Opensocial Spec Version == Shindig version.
Still happy to support the will of the group on this one - just
wanted to
make sure that these points were heard.
As stated earlier in this thread, my stance is similar to Evan's --
I worry
that we're going to confuse people by *starting off* with a Shindig
version
that is inflated ahead of the version of the OpenSocial spec. I
agree that
we'd probably not want to hold the Shindig version to be similar to
the
OpenSocial spec version in perpetuity.
That all said, however, if we're the minority, we should simply move
on wrap
up this release. Having stable releases at all is a really important
milestone for Shindig's success.
-Dan
I thought I might proffer my 2 cents as I'm new to Shindig and know
what was confusing and what wasn't.
I did not expect the Shindig version to match the Spec version. I did
have a look in the available README files, and would hope that this
kind of information would be explicate there, but in the absence of
release notes I just assumed the latest.
I agree with Dan that starting off with the Spec version and then
slowly divorcing from it would be bonkers.
I hope that helps,
Ben Smith
BBC
