Thanks for the heads-up on this change! Good show.
On Jul 31, 3:06 pm, Isaiah <supp...@yourhead.com> wrote: > First off, thanks for the heads up and giving us a large lead time. > It's what I asked for in a previous email, and even if you never read > that email and this isn't a response to me at all. I'll say thanks > anyway, because it's great. :-) > > But, forgive me if I'm off base, but you're saying this change is > going to happen just like a switch. One minute the API will behave > one way, then next minute the API will behave differently? > > Doesn't this level of behavior change merit a bit of a deprecation > period where both behaviors function? > > After a sudden change any app still using the old behavior is > guaranteed to fail. If the app fixes early then it will fail up until > the api change. In other words, ALL APPS that use this api call WILL > be guaranteed to FAIL for some period of time. That seems like a > pretty ugly prospect. > > Many api temper this sort of change in behavior by adding a new method > call or a new argument to the method call. And for some period of > time letting both function while marking the old method deprecated, > use at the risk of being abandoned without warning at the next > update. This lets apps update from one functioning call to another > functioning call without users experiencing any downtime. > > I understand that some changes might need to be rolled in quickly to > avert infrastructure disaster or to patch security holes, but with 2 > weeks notice, I'm guessing that's not what we're dealing with here. > > Isaiah > > YourHead Software > supp...@yourhead.comhttp://www.yourhead.com > > On Jul 31, 2009, at 11:09 AM, Arik Fraimovich wrote: > > > > > > > On Jul 31, 9:03 pm, Alex Payne <a...@twitter.com> wrote: > >> To clarify, since several people have asked: this pending change does > >> NOT mean that pagination is required. You can still attempt to > >> retrieve all IDs in one call, but be aware that this is likely to > >> time > >> out or fail for users with large social graphs. > > > What is defined as "large social graphs"? > > > -- > > Arik Fraimovich > > follow me on twitter:http://twitter.com/arikfr
