Re: [math] deciding about 2.2

2011-02-04 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Phil, > > Do we have to obey every and all suggestions? > > Taking the "community" argument for one-sided use is akin to a famous > > joke on "communism".[1] > > > We need to *genuinely listen* - that means taking the feedback from > the community into account as we develop the code. The referenc

Re: [math] deciding about 2.2

2011-02-04 Thread Phil Steitz
On 2/4/11 9:04 AM, Gilles Sadowski wrote: > On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 08:15:29PM -0500, Phil Steitz wrote: >> On 2/3/11 7:18 PM, Gilles Sadowski wrote: >>> On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 06:11:19PM -0500, Phil Steitz wrote: On 2/3/11 5:02 PM, Gilles Sadowski wrote: [...] >>> It seems the t

Re: [math] deciding about 2.2

2011-02-04 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 08:15:29PM -0500, Phil Steitz wrote: > On 2/3/11 7:18 PM, Gilles Sadowski wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 06:11:19PM -0500, Phil Steitz wrote: > >> On 2/3/11 5:02 PM, Gilles Sadowski wrote: > >> [...] > > It seems the thread asking for help on the exception API de

Re: [math] deciding about 2.2

2011-02-04 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > >> [...] > > It seems the thread asking for help on the exception API design is going > > to be fruitful, and it starts well with interesting ideas. I guess some > > of these ideas will change again our view and we will converge > > (hopefully not throwing an exception ou

Re: [math] deciding about 2.2

2011-02-04 Thread Luc Maisonobe
Le 04/02/2011 01:18, Gilles Sadowski a écrit : > On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 06:11:19PM -0500, Phil Steitz wrote: >> On 2/3/11 5:02 PM, Gilles Sadowski wrote: >> [...] > It seems the thread asking for help on the exception API design is going > to be fruitful, and it starts well with intere

Re: [math] deciding about 2.2

2011-02-03 Thread sebb
On 4 February 2011 01:15, Phil Steitz wrote: > On 2/3/11 7:18 PM, Gilles Sadowski wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 06:11:19PM -0500, Phil Steitz wrote: >>> On 2/3/11 5:02 PM, Gilles Sadowski wrote: >>> [...] >> It seems the thread asking for help on the exception API design is going >

Re: [math] deciding about 2.2

2011-02-03 Thread Phil Steitz
On 2/3/11 7:18 PM, Gilles Sadowski wrote: > On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 06:11:19PM -0500, Phil Steitz wrote: >> On 2/3/11 5:02 PM, Gilles Sadowski wrote: >> [...] > It seems the thread asking for help on the exception API design is going > to be fruitful, and it starts well with interesting

Re: [math] deciding about 2.2

2011-02-03 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 06:11:19PM -0500, Phil Steitz wrote: > On 2/3/11 5:02 PM, Gilles Sadowski wrote: > [...] > >>> It seems the thread asking for help on the exception API design is going > >>> to be fruitful, and it starts well with interesting ideas. I guess some > >>> of these ideas wil

Re: [math] deciding about 2.2

2011-02-03 Thread Phil Steitz
On 2/3/11 5:02 PM, Gilles Sadowski wrote: [...] >>> It seems the thread asking for help on the exception API design is going >>> to be fruitful, and it starts well with interesting ideas. I guess some >>> of these ideas will change again our view and we will converge >>> (hopefully not throwin

Re: [math] deciding about 2.2

2011-02-03 Thread Gilles Sadowski
> >> [...] > > > > It seems the thread asking for help on the exception API design is going > > to be fruitful, and it starts well with interesting ideas. I guess some > > of these ideas will change again our view and we will converge > > (hopefully not throwing an exception ourselves ...) to a sta

Re: [math] deciding about 2.2 (was Re: [all][math] Help wanted with exceptions API design)

2011-02-03 Thread Phil Steitz
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 4:23 AM, Luc Maisonobe wrote: > Le 02/02/2011 05:54, Phil Steitz a écrit : >> On 2/1/11 2:06 PM, Luc Maisonobe wrote: >>> Le 01/02/2011 18:22, Jörg Schaible a écrit : Hi, Phil Steitz wrote: > We are in process of redesigning our exceptions hierarchy i

Re: [math] deciding about 2.2

2011-02-02 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > > It seems the thread asking for help on the exception API design is going > to be fruitful, and it starts well with interesting ideas. I guess some > of these ideas will change again our view and we will converge > (hopefully not throwing an exception ourselves ...) to a stable design >

Re: [math] deciding about 2.2 (was Re: [all][math] Help wanted with exceptions API design)

2011-02-02 Thread Stephen Colebourne
On 2 February 2011 09:23, Luc Maisonobe wrote: > It seems the thread asking for help on the exception API design is going > to be fruitful, and it starts well with interesting ideas. I guess some > of these ideas will change again our view and we will converge > (hopefully not throwing an exceptio

[math] deciding about 2.2 (was Re: [all][math] Help wanted with exceptions API design)

2011-02-02 Thread Luc Maisonobe
Le 02/02/2011 05:54, Phil Steitz a écrit : > On 2/1/11 2:06 PM, Luc Maisonobe wrote: >> Le 01/02/2011 18:22, Jörg Schaible a écrit : >>> Hi, >>> >>> Phil Steitz wrote: >>> We are in process of redesigning our exceptions hierarchy in [math] and we could use some input / perspective from ot