On 11/04/2013 12:32 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote:
On 04.11.2013 12:18, Florian Müllner wrote:
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.
Emacs is probably a better example: It's extensible from within the running process and shows that it is possible to provide quite a bit of backwards compatibility in a GUI application without halting new development. It uses a dynamically-typed extension language, just like GNOME Shell.
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