From stdcxx-dev-return-4909-apmail-incubator-stdcxx-dev-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Wed Sep 12 00:43:37 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-stdcxx-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 6091 invoked from network); 12 Sep 2007 00:43:36 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 12 Sep 2007 00:43:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 84808 invoked by uid 500); 12 Sep 2007 00:43:30 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-stdcxx-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 84793 invoked by uid 500); 12 Sep 2007 00:43:30 -0000 Mailing-List: contact stdcxx-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: stdcxx-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list stdcxx-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 84782 invoked by uid 99); 12 Sep 2007 00:43:30 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:43:30 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [208.30.140.160] (HELO moroha.quovadx.com) (208.30.140.160) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:45:04 +0000 Received: from qxvcexch01.ad.quovadx.com ([192.168.170.59]) by moroha.quovadx.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l8C0h62Y030685 for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:43:06 GMT Received: from [10.70.3.113] ([10.70.3.113]) by qxvcexch01.ad.quovadx.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:42:23 -0600 Message-ID: <46E7361A.708@roguewave.com> Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:43:06 -0600 From: Martin Sebor Organization: Rogue Wave Software, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070802 SeaMonkey/1.1.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: stdcxx-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r574618 - in /incubator/stdcxx/trunk: README configure.bat generate.bat References: <20070911143955.617AD1A983A@eris.apache.org> <46E714BE.6010108@roguewave.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Sep 2007 00:42:23.0682 (UTC) FILETIME=[C8C39220:01C7F4D5] X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Eric Lemings wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Martin Sebor [mailto:sebor@roguewave.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 4:21 PM >> To: stdcxx-dev@incubator.apache.org >> Subject: Re: svn commit: r574618 - in >> /incubator/stdcxx/trunk: README configure.bat generate.bat >> >> Since this change affects a user interface to the library I think >> we should provide a migration path for the transition to the new >> interface. I suggest we keep generate.bat but make it a symbolic >> link to configure.bat and deprecate it so that it can be removed >> in 4.3. >> >> Martin > > Migration paths are almost always A Good Thing and I agree: a link is a > good idea. However, I just want to point out that these Windows files > were only present in one whole release of STDCXX. I doubt backward > compatibility is a serious hurdle in this particular case. :-P You're probably right, but adding the link is cheap and, IMO, worth the peace of mind that we won't be breaking anyone's code, no matter how unlikely the breakage is. Plus, it will give us the opportunity to exercise our deprecation policy! ;-) Martin