From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36963BBC1 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:30:49 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAACtHskeBrw8EgGdsb2JhbACQPAEBCQqcWw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,345,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="22572060" Received: from discorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.38]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 13 Feb 2008 10:30:49 +0100 Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m1D9Uk31012563 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:30:48 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAACtHskeBrw8EgGdsb2JhbACQPAEBCQqcWw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,345,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="22572058" Received: from ext.lri.fr ([129.175.15.4]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 13 Feb 2008 10:30:48 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ext.lri.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D482A4938; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:30:48 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at lri.fr Received: from ext.lri.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ext.lri.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 6oEOZ7DmHR3y; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:30:48 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp.lri.fr (vhost3-23 [129.175.3.23]) by ext.lri.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AA77A4935; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:30:48 +0100 (CET) Received: from serveur9-10.lri.fr (serveur9-10 [129.175.9.10]) by smtp.lri.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12B1BE0531; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:30:48 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] ident=signoles) by serveur9-10.lri.fr with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1JPDx2-0004qh-00; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:30:48 +0100 Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:30:47 +0100 (CET) From: Julien Signoles To: Richard Jones Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Calendar library: version 2.0 In-Reply-To: <20080212182611.GB18663@annexia.org> Message-ID: References: <20080212182041.GA18663@annexia.org> <20080212182611.GB18663@annexia.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 47B2B8C6.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; signoles:01 signoles:01 lri:01 vice-versa:01 trade-off:01 2.0:98 caml-list:01 api:02 module:03 library:03 library:03 problem:05 arguments:07 indeed:07 uses:07 > OK, I take that back. Everything is now packed under CalendarLib.* > which makes the issue of module names moot. Indeed it is one of my arguments for packing calendar. > Also it means nothing is backwards compatible :-( That could be a > problem because it means I need to release two different versions of > everything which uses the calendar library, but at least that's just a > one-off event. You're obviously right: as calendar is now packed, everything which uses calendar v1.* does not work anymore with calendar v2.* (and vice-versa). But the only change to do in your code is: add "open CalendarLib" at the top of your files and all is fine because the API is backward compatible inside the pack. For your application(s), a possible trade-off is: - do this tiny change - release a new version requiring calendar v2.* -- Julien