1. Agreed. Sean, this work for you? 2. Way back when, I said[0] that "small features" were in scope for v3.x. The interesting question is "at what point do new features go *only* into v4.0"? Two aspects: (1) As v3.x and v4.0 diverge, there's an opportunity cost for merging we have to account for. (2) Until v4.0 gets closer to RTM, work done there won't see the light of day for a while, which is a different kind of cost to account for.
I'd be happy if most everyone moves to v4.0 quickly and we can all work in one repo. But I don't think we're quite at the point of PEP-404[1]. :) [0] http://www.joyofsetup.com/2013/09/05/wix-v3-x-the-new-stable-wix-plan/ [1] http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0404/ On 28-Apr-14 13:40, Rob Mensching wrote: > 1. I worry very little about CodeDom. Plus if it's additive then a recompile > should work cleanly. If a tri-state for Cache attribute is what we'd use in > WiX v4.0 then I think we can add it in WiX v3.x okay. > > 2. What if we just do this in WiX v4.0 instead? At some point taking changes > in WiX v3.x that are "more interesting" needs to stop right? At some point > the new functionality needs to be in WiX v4.0. Honestly, interesting feature > work needs to start in WiX v4.0 if we're still shipping WiX v4.0 this year > (as think we should). Note: I haven't looked at the proposed change at all > so this *may* not apply right now... but we need to start thinking that way > soon, right? > > _______________________________________________________________ > FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | > http://www.firegiant.com/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] > Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 9:51 PM > To: Bob Arnson; wix-devs@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] Compatibility and style discussion > > Links: > > 1. https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/pull/21/files#r12034827 > 2. https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/pull/15/files#r12034610 > > On 28-Apr-14 00:49, Bob Arnson wrote: >> Not the kind of style discussion that devolves, I hope. >> >> 1. Sean sent a pull request that added an option to force packages to >> be cached by specifying an AlwaysCache attribute (yes/no) on the >> package. Caching is already controlled by a Cache attribute (yes/no). >> Sean gets bonus internet points for throwing a message if you were to >> specify both attributes. But the need to do that indicates a schema >> smell: Having two attributes to control three states is a bit wonky. >> One option is to create a new enum type to specify the three states. >> (This is done elsewhere in WiX, yielding perhaps my favorite boolean >> type: YesNoButton.) The downside is that while authoring would be >> compatible, there's a slight non-zero chance that someone could have a >> CodeDOM or similar dependency on the original type. >> >> Should we stick with the two attributes in v3.x and clean it up in v4.0? >> >> 2. Heath sent a pull request that, among other things, adds two >> methods to IBootstrapperApplication. Last time, we decided on a >> "no-error recompile required" policy. Heath suggested versioned >> interfaces. I'd be OK with that, as long as we don't carry them over >> to v4.0. >> >> Objections/concerns? >> >> >> -- >> sig://boB >> http://joyofsetup.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE > Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get > unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available. > Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs > _______________________________________________ > WiX-devs mailing list > WiX-devs@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE > Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get > unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available. > Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs > _______________________________________________ > WiX-devs mailing list > WiX-devs@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs > -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available. Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ WiX-devs mailing list WiX-devs@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs
