On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 02:38:17PM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 01:57:51PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 01:49:03PM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
Iam very strogly against breaking compatibility
Breaking compatibility with what?
With the frozen spec. It is EXTREEMLY unprofessional to call something frozen and then break compatibility for a dubious improvment. One shouldnt complain about mpeg being lame while then acting even more lame.
The spec was called frozen, yes. However, just calling something frozen is inconsequential. The important part of calling something frozen are the ramifications of the act of calling it frozen. What people care about is not that the word "frozen" appears on some random document on the internet. Instead, once something is called frozen certain things should be guaranteed. One thing that should be guaranteed is stability of interfaces, but much more important is that the project has moved beyond a certain point and all important issues are resolved. Now if you have a look at recent discussions and nutissues.txt, this is not yet the case. Thus, I disagree that compatibility should not be broken. Calling the spec frozen was premature. Make all the changes that are necessary without burdening yourself with bogus backwards compatibility. The moment to take these things into account has not yet come. If you are afraid of appearing unprofessional then having called the spec frozen at some point really is the least of your troubles. Note that I'm not trying to flame here, I will shortly send a message with an outline how to move forward and professionalize NUT. Diego