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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>
Cc: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [MAINTENANCE] Do we have any backwards-compatibility policy for third-party packages?
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2022 10:20:02 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <878rjedyy5.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86iljd3x90.fsf@gmail.com>

Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com> writes:

> - Adding a section regarding pubic/private API and naming conventions to
>   the Hacking section of the manual. This section could outline what the
>   processes are for adding/changing APIs. 

I think we can add a section to Hacking.

But what should we list there?

At least,

1. prefix--suffix can change any time. prefix-suffix is stable
2. ORG-NEWS mention if we do important changes breaking (1)
3. If we decide to remove or change some function/variable, we first
   obsolete it.

What else?

> - Add the maintainers pledge to the manual as well. It is useful for
>   users to know what the maintainers pledge to try and do. I doubt many
>   users will find the page on worg which already exists. At the very
>   least, add a link to the wrog page.

Should we straight put
https://bzg.fr/en/the-software-maintainers-pledge/ after Installation
section of the manual? Maybe into a new section called "Updating Org"?

Bastien, what do you think?

> - Briefly document the org maintenance and release process or add links
>   to relevant worg pages. . 

Also into Hacking, I think. As extra reference after API and
compatibility conventions.

-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2022-12-11 10:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-11-11  3:41 [MAINTENANCE] Do we have any backwards-compatibility policy for third-party packages? Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-16 22:33 ` Tim Cross
2022-11-17 12:04   ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-17 23:38     ` Tim Cross
2022-12-10 13:48       ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-12-11  3:24         ` Tim Cross
2022-12-18 12:45         ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-12-11 10:20       ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]

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