We frequently disagree on the measurement criteria :)
Also, IMHO code reviews provide a more structured place for targeted
discussions. And that helps to focus on facts, with less hand-waiving.
On 10/11/14 12:10, Christopher James Halse Rogers wrote:
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 2:31 PM, Daniel van Vugt
<daniel.van.v...@canonical.com> wrote:
Definitely controversial; factually false or easily arguable.
Sounds like a response to one of my merge proposals. So please put
arguments in the code reviews...
It indirectly is, but also in response to some discussion on IRC of one
of your merge proposals.
I thought it would be valuable to work out what top-level philosophies
we agree on and discover where we differ. Code reviews make a poor venue
for this, as they're not as visible and are primarily concerned with the
concrete code under discussion.
If we disagree on the measurement criteria it's very difficult to reach
consensus on the code :)
On 10/11/14 10:48, Christopher James Halse Rogers wrote:
Hey all.
We're getting into the meaty bit of client API support I thought I'd
write some things about API design philosophy to see if they're
controversial.
*) An API with lots of functions that do one thing each is simpler than
an API with few functions that do different things depending on other
state.
*) A function with unclear semantics is harmful
*) Mir will not have an external reference for window management policy.
Window management semantics will be associated with the API. There is no
equivalent for http://standards.freedesktop.org/wm-spec/wm-spec-1.3.html
outside the client API documentation.
*) The client API should be implementing policy, not mechanism.
*) Where state transitions are allowed, it should be possible to
transition from one valid state to another valid state without
temporarily being in an invalid state.
Some thoughts.
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