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Re: Git.pm

From
Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
Date
Apr 26, 2012, 19:59 UTC
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On 4/25/12 9:15 PM, Subho Banerjee wrote:
> --->  I see in the code that it says that the API is experimental. Is
> there any absolute need for backward compatibility, or can I try to
> redesign the API somewhat extensively?

If you stick to putting new APIs under different namespaces, or new functions, then you should be able to preserve API compatibility. I think Git.pm is now too widely used for breaking compatibility to be an option.

I think I submitted a Git::Config to this list some time ago; did you find that?

Sam
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Message 24 of 24 in “Git.pm”
  1. Subho BanerjeeApr 26, 2012
  2. Randal L. SchwartzApr 26, 2012
  3. Tim HeniganApr 26, 2012
  4. Subho BanerjeeApr 26, 2012
  5. Jonathan NiederApr 26, 2012
  6. Subho BanerjeeMay 10, 2012
  7. Jonathan NiederMay 10, 2012
  8. demerphqMay 10, 2012
  9. Subho BanerjeeMay 10, 2012
  10. demerphqMay 10, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2012
  12. demerphqMay 10, 2012
  13. Andrew SayersMay 10, 2012
  14. demerphqMay 11, 2012
  15. Randal L. SchwartzMay 11, 2012
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2012
  17. [GIT.PM 1/3] Ignore files produced from exuberant-ctagsSubho Sankar Banerjee, May 19, 2012
  18. [GIT.PM 2/3] Getting rid of throwing Error::Simple objects in favour of simple Perl scalars which can be caught in eval{} blocksSubho Sankar Banerjee, May 19, 2012
  19. Andrew SayersMay 19, 2012
  20. Subho BanerjeeMay 23, 2012
  21. Andrew SayersMay 23, 2012
  22. [GIT.PM 3/3] Perl code uses eval{}/die instead of Error::Simple and Git::Error::CommandSubho Sankar Banerjee, May 19, 2012
  23. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2012
  24. Sam VilainApr 26, 2012

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