On Tue, 2018-09-18 at 09:26 +0200, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 6:48 PM Daniel Klco <[email protected]> wrote:
> > ...One concern I have with the experimental (or perhaps the
> > definition
> > therein) is that it seems much more bleeding edge than what we
> > currently
> > consider contrib....
> 
> I think contrib and experimental refer to different axes.
> 
> There's the code maturity axis: experimental, alpha, beta, product-
> ready.
> 
> And the Sling PMC committment axis:
> 
> a) core, for things that we consider an integral part of sling and
> intend to maintain continuously, being careful about backwards
> compatibility etc.
> b) contrib, for modules which might not be maintained continuously
> and
> might be out of sync with the core modules
> c) whiteboard, for modules which we aren't sure belong in Sling yet
> 
> Although it's rare to have an "experimental & core" module, "contrib
> &
> production-ready" is realistic, even though such a module might not
> be
> usable with the latest core due to its contrib status. Orthogonal
> concerns, really.
> 
> I think we should label modules on both of these axes, without mixing
> them up.

Maybe 'unsupported' is a more expressive term than 'contrib'? 
(Although it might be scarier)

Robert

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