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 More options Mar 28 2007, 1:34 pm
Newsgroups: mozilla.dev.platform
From: "bren...@mozilla.org" <bren...@mozilla.org>
Date: 28 Mar 2007 10:34:53 -0700
Local: Wed, Mar 28 2007 1:34 pm
Subject: Re: Mozilla 2 repository migration dirlist
On Mar 28, 10:31 am, "bren...@mozilla.org" <bren...@mozilla.org>
wrote:

> It's a trade-off:

> Pro: focus on Mozilla 2 APIs for Firefox and XULRunner; smaller pull;
> more approachable repository (contrast to webkit).

As I noted in an earlier mail, it also reduces odds of unwanted
coupling to private or other APis.

> Con: two repositories for other apps; feelings of a division among
> apps and people.

Trade-off duality says: it makes it hard for other apps to use secret
APIs they might want to use; it raises the odds of Firefox or
XULRunner using such APIs (but that's arguably ok if other apps are
XULRunner based and do not need such APIs).

/be


 
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