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Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:49:54 -0500
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Subject: Re: Concerns about releasing 1.5
From: Becky Gibson <gibson.becky@gmail.com>
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Mobile-spec has had some changes to accomodate the unified-js - Thus there
will be errors on platforms that have not implemented unified js.  Plus, we
are still finding bugs in unified JS on the "completed" platforms.

My issue is that by releasing unified-js over different releases we are
making it much harder on our users!  IMHO we haven't adequately warned
users about all the upcoming changes.

I'll get off my soapbox now, but I do believe we should be catering to our
users a bit more.
-becky


On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Bryce Curtis <curtis.bryce@gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm assuming that the APIs exposed to the users have remained the same and
> are consisted between Android unified JS and iOS, BB, etc.  That implies
> the docs are still in sync.  If this is not the case, then I would agree
> that there's a problem.  Isn't that what mobile-spec tests?  Or do we not
> have adequate coverage?
>
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Brian LeRoux <b@brian.io> wrote:
>
> > yeah, I figured we'd just vendor it in on the platforms where its
> complete?
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Joe Bowser <bowserj@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hey
> > >
> > > I thought we were only going forward with Android on this one and that
> > the
> > > Unified JS for the other platforms was going to happen on 1.6.
> > >
> > > Joe
> > >
> > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Becky Gibson <gibson.becky@gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >> I have serious concerns about releasing 1.5 with only partial
> > >> implementation of the unified JS code.   This release will be nearly
> > >> unusable for people who develop for more than one platform.  First,
>  we
> > are
> > >> breaking their existing code will all of the renaming.   I understand
> > that
> > >> is inevitable.  People will grumble but it had do be done in order to
> > move
> > >> forward within Apache.
> > >>
> > >> But, in addition to the rename we are modifying the apis on SOME
> > platforms.
> > >>  API changes can be subtle and painful to fix.  Do we have them all
> well
> > >> documented?  In addition to finding and making the api changes, folks
> > who
> > >> develop for more than one platform will have to have divergent code
> for
> > the
> > >> different platforms.  Only to have to change it again, for 1.6 when
> the
> > >> unified JS is completed.   That doesn't seem right and a cruel thing
> to
> > do
> > >> to our loyal community.   Why not wait until the unified JS is
> complete
> > and
> > >> at least keep all of the changes within one release?   What is the
> rush
> > to
> > >> get out a 1.5? Is there any real harm in putting it off? Are the bug
> > fixes
> > >> that MUST get in?   Just my humble opinion that we should hold off on
> > 1.5
> > >> until the unified JS is more fully baked.  As an FYI - iOS is going to
> > take
> > >> me awhile (re: "API changes can be subtle and painful to fix").
> > >>
> > >> -becky
> > >>
> >
>

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