On 06/01/2015 06:42 PM, Tom Hacohen wrote:
> On 20/05/15 17:55, Tom Hacohen wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> It is finally time to release Eo.
>>
>> Since the next EFL release is in August, this will only become official
>> EFL API starting from then, however, I'm announcing this now, so
>> developers who track EFL git can already start using Eo and be assured
>> the API will remain the same.
>>
>> This includes all of the APIs of Eo and Eo.Base, essentially everything
>> in Eo.h (unless marked otherwise). Please note, this means that all the
>> other EFL/Elementary Eo functions, for example Evas.Object, are still
>> *not* stable.
>>
>>
>> I plan on doing it in three stages:
>> 1. "Everything goes": nothing is going to change until the 27th. Until
>> then Eo is still considered unstable and things may change. This should
>> give people enough time for a last review before we decide to go forward
>> with this.
>> 2. "Very stable": after the 27th we are not going to break Eo API unless
>> there's a VERY good reason to. This means that starting from the 27th,
>> Eo is essentially "released".
>> 3. "Released": Starting from 1.15, Eo is stable API. Same as all the
>> other released EFL APIs.
>>
>> Again, this does *not* apply to APIs outside of Eo.h like Evas.Object.
>> Essentially, this means you can create your own classes (as long as they
>> inherit from Eo.Base), but not the EFL/Elementary classes.
>> This is still very useful, and we already have users using Eo this way.
>> This also means people writing new libraries, can create them using
>> Eolian, and create Eo based API, which users of that API can safely use
>> (we also have users using Eo this way).
>>
>>
>> Eolian: while we are still making no promises about Eolian, I believe
>> the Eolian syntax won't break (too much) until the 1.15 release. We also
>> hope to declare the Eolian syntax as stable at the 1.15 release, so we
>> can only add to it, but not break existing syntax. This however depends
>> on more testing within the EFL and generated bindings.
>> You can however already start using Eolian, just make sure to ship the
>> generated .eo.[ch] in your tarball. This will just work regardless of
>> any Eolian syntax breaks.
>> As always, all the info about Eolian, including reference .eo file, can
>> be found on the wiki: https://phab.enlightenment.org/w/eolian/
>>
>>
>> As for when you'll be able to use the EFL/Elementary API with Eo? No
>> plans at the moment. I plan on making it mostly good for 1.15, however
>> there'll still be a lot of reviewing and changes that need to be done,
>> and that will take time.
>>
>> I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank the 28 different
>> contributors who contributed to Eo since its inception, everyone who
>> reported bugs, and everyone else who helped in getting it to this state.
>>
>> If you have any questions, thoughts or suggestions, please let me know.
> Btw, Eo should now be considered "very stable".
>
> --
> Tom.
>
>
Cool, now someone just needs to fix the python bindings for this new 
"very stable" eo

[   78s] efl/eo/efl.eo.c: In function '__pyx_f_3efl_2eo_2Eo__set_obj':
[   78s] efl/eo/efl.eo.c:3023:3: error: too many arguments to function 
'eo_key_data_set'
[   78s]    eo_do(__pyx_v_self->obj, eo_key_data_set(__pyx_k_python_eo, ((void 
*)__pyx_v_self), NULL));
[   78s]

Cheers
Simon



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