Re: [Plplot-devel] Re: [Plplot-cvs] plplot README.release,1.24,1.25

[Rafael L. <rla...@us...>]

* mj...@ga... <mj...@ga...> [2005-05-13 02:12]:

> But as far as the core library goes, I see little to support the conjecture
> that a serious break in backwards compatibility is needed any time soon.
> And by "soon" I mean "years".  Where is the evidence that adhering to the
> current API is slowing us down inordinately?

I agree with Maurice.  I do not see why maintaining the
backward-compatibility cruft (like pldeprecated.c) could worsen our lives
as developer.  That said, there are many parts of the code that could be
cleaned up, but this clean up is orthogonal to the compatibility issue.

-- 
Rafael