From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
To: ng0 <contact.ng0@cryptolab.net>
Cc: guix-devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>, Carlo Zancanaro <carlo@zancanaro.id.au>
Subject: Re: We need an RFC procedure [Re: Services can now have a default value]
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 09:12:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878tmsud8m.fsf@elephly.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170422004634.4oedqmsebpctjqk4@abyayala>
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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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-22 7:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-04-15 22:51 Services can now have a default value Ludovic Courtès
2017-04-15 23:11 ` ng0
2017-04-17 11:56 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2017-04-19 23:22 ` ng0
2017-04-20 8:53 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2017-04-20 9:09 ` ng0
2017-04-23 10:23 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2017-04-17 11:58 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2017-04-19 14:42 ` Carlo Zancanaro
2017-04-19 15:18 ` ng0
2017-04-19 21:20 ` Ludovic Courtès
[not found] ` <8737d32abz.fsf@zancanaro.id.au>
2017-04-20 8:42 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-04-20 10:19 ` Carlo Zancanaro
2017-04-21 22:04 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-04-21 23:41 ` Carlo Zancanaro
2017-04-22 0:46 ` We need an RFC procedure [Re: Services can now have a default value] ng0
2017-04-22 7:12 ` Ricardo Wurmus [this message]
2017-04-22 10:08 ` ng0
2017-04-22 22:55 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-04-23 10:13 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2017-04-23 12:02 ` ng0
2017-04-27 13:29 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-04-27 16:37 ` Petter
2017-05-02 12:42 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-05-22 21:23 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2017-05-22 22:45 ` Leo Famulari
2017-04-23 11:52 ` ng0
2017-05-13 10:39 ` Services can now have a default value Carlo Zancanaro
2017-05-13 22:53 ` Carlo Zancanaro
2017-05-15 12:48 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-04-22 14:46 ` Christopher Allan Webber
2017-04-22 14:59 ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2017-04-22 22:57 ` Ludovic Courtès
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