> Then we end up having N versions of the Vala tutorial and all code > examples, for Vala versions 0.14, 0.12, 0.10, 0.8, ..., not just for > the most recent stable release, multiplied with all the different > versions for each library. I'm worried now. Do you mean you'll remove GNOME panel library binding in Vala 0.14? I know that usually new is better and old sucks and make API ugly, but for me and other "few" people, GNOME Shell is a different DE than GNOME 2, or at least it's window manager and integration. Correct me if I'm wrong, but only Fedora have dropped GNOME2 from their distro. And yes, I know I can just attach it as external binding. So if you do decide to drop, please add it at least as external. >Other desktop environments, like for example Xfce4, still use GKT+ 2, so >support for GTK+ 2 is important. No other desktop environment, however, uses >gnome-panel, so if panel applets are deprecated it makes no sense to provide >examples for them. Sorry Andrea, I think you didn't understand my point. My point is that GTK2->GTK3 change the end-user opinion about the product. I do use too Xfce as my default DE! I know how support is important. However, GNOME3 has different opinions among users. So I think that it's wrong to remove examples just because GNOME moved on.
>At least we should have a policy regarding when example code is > considered old and unmaintained enough to be removed. Or a sub-page > named "Deprecated stuff" where all deprecated code samples go in, so > that I wouldn't feel the urge to look after it. Actually, it sound a very good offer. It also doesn't make sense to remove old example before the new example showed up. > Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:49:36 +0200 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Vala] Was GNOME Panel applet example removed? > > On 08/30/2011 04:44 PM, Luca Bruno wrote: > > Then say it's ultra-broken, but I don't see _any_ gain in removing > > already written stuff, docs can be kept in shape this way too. And > > keeping some more lines it's making the wiki crowded with cruft. > > > > Can I please ask you to not remove code next time but just put a big > > warning, if it's ok for you? > > Then we end up having N versions of the Vala tutorial and all code > examples, for Vala versions 0.14, 0.12, 0.10, 0.8, ..., not just for > the most recent stable release, multiplied with all the different > versions for each library. I can't imagine anyone who would like to > maintain this. It's a wiki. Old versions are saved in the history. And > old samples can still be found on http://code.valaide.org/. > > In my point of view documentation by example is not just unspiritual > accumulation of code chunks without keeping them in shape. Less can be > more. At least we should have a policy regarding when example code is > considered old and unmaintained enough to be removed. Or a sub-page > named "Deprecated stuff" where all deprecated code samples go in, so > that I wouldn't feel the urge to look after it. > > > Best regards, > > Frederik > _______________________________________________ > vala-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
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