Re: [Tcllib-devel] proposal: backwards-incompatible improvements to picoirc

[Gerald L. <ger...@gm...>]

On 3/3/21 7:33 AM, curiousbeaver--- via Tcllib-devel wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> I develop and use my own IRC client https://hub.darcs.net/gay/chatik and I contribute bugfixes to picoirc and chatwidget, I've also improved picoirc by adding TLS support there.
>
> Here's the list of what I'm planning to do:
> * make picoirc handle MODE messages from server by sending them to callback as traffic mode, this breaks compatibility because my IRC client expects them in callback as system;
> * make picoirc handle NOTICE messages from server by sending them to callback as traffic notice, this breaks compatibility because someone's IRC client might expect them in callback as system;
> * make [spliturl] private because there is no reason to use it outside of picoirc;
> * remove [send] and make [post] behave like [send] when channel is {}.
>
> Let me know if you have any objections.


Sounds reasonable as long as you roll the major version number of the 
package.


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| Gerald W. Lester                                                       |
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