On 06/16/2015 08:00 AM, Dmitry Tantsur wrote:
16 июня 2015 г. 13:52 пользователь "Jay Pipes" <jaypi...@gmail.com <mailto:jaypi...@gmail.com>> написал: > > On 06/16/2015 04:36 AM, Alex Xu wrote: >> >> So if our min_version is 2.1 and the max_version is 2.50. That means >> alternative implementations need implement all the 50 versions >> api...that sounds pain... > > > Yes, it's pain, but it's no different than someone who is following the Amazon EC2 API, which cuts releases at a regular (sometimes every 2-3 weeks) clip. > > In Amazon-land, the releases are date-based, instead of microversion/incrementing version-based, but the idea is essentially the same. > > There is GREAT value to having an API mean ONE thing and ONE thing only. It means that developers can code against something that isn't like quicksand -- constantly changing meanings. Being one of such developers, I only see this "value" for breaking changes.
Sorry, Dmitry, I'm not quite following you. Could you elaborate on what you mean by above?
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