Re: New rule

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 17:33 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
> How about, if you plan to break API, it's mandatory to write entries
> in the migration guide. Heck, even a quick email to the mailing list
> explaining how to convert code might be nice.
> 
> I'm getting really tired from people changing big parts of the API a
> few days before release, and then release teams expecting developers
> to produce tarballs that actually work. gtk-2.91.1 is broken for
> GtkComboBoxText, and gtk git master is broken for any GtkApplication
> using application. libnotify just changed API in a major way, which
> means we can't even use old tarballs until everything settles down.
> devhelp won't compile, so we can't even use the viewer application.

devhelp won't compile because WebKitGTK wasn't ported.

> Could somebody please port all my projects. I've got better things to
> do than re-port all my stuff without a migration document. Again.

I'll also note that some apps can't be ported, like gnome-control-center
or totem because the only way to get arguments is through "open" which
only deals with files/URIs.