21 Mar
2005
21 Mar
'05
1:54 p.m.
> Hello Lispers, > > I'm new to this project. And after sending that one patch and after I got > cl-irc to work for my tests I joined to this list. > > Cl-irc is nice interface for IRC. It works great and it didn't take too > long to do simple IRC bot. Thanks! > > Couple of things I want to bring my opinnion into: > > On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 10:57:49PM +0100, Erik Huelsmann wrote: > > > This brings me to several questions: > > > > - What's the numbering scheme? > > - Is 0.10 deemed acceptable? Or is 0.9 considered to be last before > 1.0? > > > > It's common practice that after 0.9 comes 0.10. So it's acceptable. Yes, some projects do use 0.9 -> 0.10 -> 0.xx -> 1.0 others (SBCL, APR) use 0.9 -> 1.0. The former is fine (a bit more relaxed) by me, I just wanted to know... Since Brian sent his reaction too, I think we have consensus now to go the former route. > > - Do the version numbers mean anything wrt guaranteed APIs? > > > If it's documented, then yes. Again, it seems to be common practise that > software with version number below 1.0 can change API between versions. > It's still in development after all. Then 1.0 should have same API and > new API can be introduced in 2.0. Does this make any sense? Yes, that's almost 1 to 1 what is in the URL I referred to. I'd be very happy if there were no guarantees until 1.0 though. That would make life a *lot* easier when trying to go to a 1.0 from where we are now :-) > > > - What requirements are there for a 1.0 release? > - Extensive documentation (Wiki might be good way to get contributions?) I have no idea about how well a wiki will help to get contributions in terms of documentation. > - Stable API. No need to do changes before 2.0? I think the strategy in the URL I referred to is actually quite nice. I have some experience working with that scheme. It means you can't change, but you can *add* new interfaces/api's. > - Bugfree code? Does that exist? :-) > Hopefully I can get myself to do something useful and contribute code to > your project. All contributions are welcome ofcourse! If you start anything major, could you please send a notification to the list? That way we can prevent duplication of efforts. bye, Erik. -- "Happy ProMail" bis 24. M�rz: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/promail Zum 6. Geburtstag gibt's GMX ProMail jetzt 66 Tage kostenlos!