How stable is the Ramaze API? - Ramaze

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James Britt

More options May 13, 8:15 pm

From: James Britt <james.br...@gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 17:15:05 -0700

Local: Tues, May 13 2008 8:15 pm

Subject: Re: How stable is the Ramaze API?

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Ryan Grove wrote:
> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 8:20 PM, di3go <di3go.bernar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have 2 big projects in my hand and want to know how stable is the
>> ramaze api,

> Ramaze is still evolving pretty quickly, so the changes between
> releases tend to be significant. Sometimes this means that newer
> versions of Ramaze will require changes in existing Ramaze apps.

> If you're worried about this, I recommend either including a specific
> version of Ramaze in a /vendor directory as part of your app or
> requiring a specific version using RubyGems. That way you can build
> your app against that version of Ramaze and be assured that your app
> will run regardless of changes in future releases.

Good suggestion, but one downside is that bug fixes may not back-port well.

Sticking to an older version when an API is changing rapidly also makes
it harder to get help.

I don't want to scare anyone away from Ramaze, but I also don't want
anyone ending up spooked because a project didn't go as smoothly as
expected.

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James Britt

http://www.rubyaz.org - Hacking in the Desert
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