Re: Feedback from downstreams presentation from DX hackfest 2015

[Sébastien Wilmet <swilmet gnome org>]

On Mon, Feb 02, 2015 at 04:51:32PM +0100, Aleksander Morgado wrote:
> Devhelp could also have a 'next' or 'latest' default profile which could
> sync the daily? built documentation from gnome.org. Although not sure
> how useful this could be if we setup the default jhbuild-based profile.
>
> I personally think that the profiles idea could be a good one, also as a
> first step for the next stuff. What do others think?

Having only the 'latest' profile should be sufficient for most
developers, for each major version of a library of course (e.g. the
latest gtk 2.x and the latest gtk 3.x). Each symbol has the "Since:
<version>" information anyway. And by having the latest documentations,
developers are aware of new features and don't reinvent the wheel or
don't use APIs that are already deprecated since a later version.

But 'latest' should have two variants: stable and unstable.

Of course, having other profiles for specific versions of GNOME would be
nice, but the 'latest' profiles should be the default and recommended in
my opinion.

Sébastien