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Subject: Re: We need an RFC procedure [Re: Services can now have a default
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Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 09:12:57 +0200
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ng0 <contact.ng0@cryptolab.net> writes:

> I want an formal, publicly tracked (not *just* on the mailinglist) RFC (like in Rust or similar projects) procedure for all things which
> can break currently existing configurations. Introducing these changes would
> require to document properly what needs to changed so that people can read
> about how to fix the mistakes.

[…]

API changes are usually explained in the release announcement’s
changelog.  This doesn’t really help between releases, though.  So,
either we release more often (yay!) or we support the old APIs until the
next release (boo!).

-- 
Ricardo

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