Jeremy, In other words, I think TiddlyWiki 5 is ripe for such a thorough internal > overhaul that changing the names might not be as much of a practical > consideration as it would be if we had to maintain backwards compatibility. >
I think this makes perfect sense. At first I was thinking we just meant smaller changes when discussing breaking some backward compatibility in 5.2.x or 6.x, where a few select things might break or be different. However, if we truly want to use this as an opportunity to modernize and also revise some architectural decisions (like field definitions!), then indeed renaming "tiddler" becomes much easier to accomplish at the same time. I do think we need to start planning such a move as some of that early baggage is indeed weighing down further development. Such pervasive changes also suggests the need for a clearer demarcation from TW5 than calling it TW5.2 or TW6 would provide. TiddlyWiki 6, in my opinion, would suggest it just a newer version of TiddlyWiki 5 that one can just upgrade to. So a product name change could easily be accomplished at the same time. One other consideration, though this should not be a decisive one, is that recently we have been very fortunate to have a lot of momentum in terms of developers contributing to the core. It would be good if at all possible, to leverage that momentum towards this end, rather than let it be something that might kill that momentum. On the other hand, architectural changes and refactoring is often best accomplished by a single focused mind, at least at first. So there may not be much that can be done about it. Just knowing that there is a breaking version in the works will naturally subdue the enthusiasm to keep working on the current core, unless there is some assurance the work can be re-used, which might be tricky. A tentative timeline for the new version may also help. These are just some of the practical considerations that come to mind, which I guess is my way of expressing my support for the idea of both a breaking change to refresh the core, as well as a rename to differentiate from TiddlyWiki 5. Regards, Saq -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/8d8ea8b7-f2e7-48ea-9935-611c8c57adben%40googlegroups.com.
