Hi guys. This message is more about policy rather than technology, ok? I am new to web2py and did not develop anything with it, yet. I just read some docs, watched some slides and video tutorials.
As as newcomer Django user too, I could see some changing behaviour between versions before 1.0. And who can guarantee me it won't happen after it? Nobody. I don't see some care about backward compatibility in Django. What's web2py commitment with backward compatibility? If I develop code, this code will turn into "legacy code" in the very moment it's in production, right? And some of the worse things on working with customers, is answering something like: "OK, I can make the change you are asking me. But I'll have to charge an extra bit due to 'technology update'." My customer doesn't care about it. And he really doesn't have to. It's my profession. Not his, right? Consequently, as a professional, I care about maximizing my own time investment on learning and using languages and frameworks. As a mainframe professional for 21 years long, even today I am allowed to run some programs I developed in my early days on IBM MVS operating system (I'm talking about 1988!). With no change at all. Such environment is very stable, despite of language evolution. Yes, languages change there, too. But it's always backward compatible. It's about maximizing time and money. Is there anywhere written about it in web2py documentation or website? I've not found it, yet. IMHO it's one of the most important issues when some company chooses some technology to use. I am not talking about compatiblity among python versions. I know it's not a web2py issue, but python's. I'm referring about compatibility among web2py versions, itself. -- [ ]s Vinicius Assef. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
