On 2-Aug-08, at 1:37 AM, Vincent Torri wrote: > On Sat, 2 Aug 2008, dan sinclair wrote: >> >> On 2-Aug-08, at 1:03 AM, Vincent Torri wrote: >> >>>>> This is probably better to do before we release. If we put out >>>>> Edje >>>>> with Embryo support and then remove Embryo with Edje2 we'll be >>>>> pissing >>>>> off a lot of people that create themes and applications. Better >>>>> to >>>>> bite the bullet and deal with it now and get it done. >>> and what about people that use edje for their job, and sell >>> applications >>> that use edje + embryo for years ? Must they rewrite entirely >>> their apps >>> now ? >> >> With that in mind we can never change it (which we shouldn't after >> a 1.0 release. They took the risk when using pre-1.0 software). >> Otherwise they'll need to change their apps then. > > Change what ? the libraries ? It's our fault not having releasing > before. But it does not mean that we should abandon the few people > that work with the efl in commercial programs and who have helped > and will help us (Cedric and Gustavo). I also think about raoul who > did a great work with edje use (I don't know if he contributed or > not). > > There are too few people that use the efl in commercial product. > Don't abandon them. Otherwise they will think that the efl are not > worth being used as they change too much without being ever released > and they will use something else. > > Finally, about the pre-1.0 relese, I would say that the current > release version is 0.9.9.snap. Isn't that number close to 1.0 ? ;)
How does our changing now affect them any different then if we changed in 6 months? They'd still need to either port or maintain the old code themselves. The only difference being we'll bring more people on board when we say this is our technology, we think it's good enough to release, please use it. How pissed will those people be when we pull the rug out from under them? When we release something we have to be prepared to live with it for quite a while. Constantly changing APIs will not grow our user base. dan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
