Re: [Monotone-devel] New commands (for mtn, in lua)

[William Uther]

On 05/09/2007, at 2:32 PM, Derek Scherger wrote:

> William Uther wrote:
> > On 05/09/2007, at 12:49 PM, Derek Scherger wrote:
> >
> > > It would be nice if we could somehow say "this is here in  
> > > automate land
> > > but is still experimental and may change." Could we simply add a
> > > stable/unstable status to the interface documentation or some  
> > > sort of
> > > deprecation indicator that says "this old automate command is  
> > > going to
> > > go away in version x.yy" or something?
> >
> > I was actually thinking of proposing something like this for my  
> > automate
> > commands, but it was still sitting on the TODO list when Nat  
> > posted his
> > critique.  I didn't think that a response to his critique was
> > politically the best time to propose it (and I still half agree  
> > with him
> > - even if it is experimental, it should still be documented).
>
> Heh... leave it to me to get my foot in my mouth.

No - no foot in mouth.  I didn't want to propose it, but I have no  
issue with someone else doing it.

> I do agree that it should be documented, I'd just like to find a  
> way to
> be able to try out new automate commands while retaining some
> flexibility in case they don't turn out so well.

Yes - I agree.

Will        :-}