On 04.11.2013 12:18, Florian Müllner wrote: > On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Nicolas Mailhot > <nicolas.mailhot@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:nicolas.mailhot@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >> GNOME decided to break it all the time (can't even get extensions work >> from one gnome-shell version to the next one and no gracefully disabling >> is still functional breakage). > > So what do you suggest? We can either > > (1) restrict the functionality extension can provide (e.g. "add an icon > with a menu to the top bar" - of course that'd mean no alternate-tab, > shell-shape, alternative-status-menu etc.) > > (2) cease development of gnome-shell > > (1) will cause an understandable outrage as it would mean the end for a > large percentage of extensions, and (2) is not an option. > > > Just see how others does this. Linux Kernel is one example, Django is another. This two projects from very different corners are able to provide stable API/ABI for some longer time period. I really appreciate your (GNOME devels) hard work but sometimes it is better to stop and think for a moment about where we're going, than writing as much code as one can handle and the remove it in next release. Mateusz Marzantowicz -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
