[augeas-devel] Bindings update process

David Lutterkort lutter at redhat.com
Sat Jan 29 00:47:03 UTC 2011


On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 11:03 -0500, Francis Giraldeau wrote:
> I used augeas python bindings in the past, but they were not up to  
> date with the latest API. Recently on IRC, someone reported an  
> incompatibility between ruby binding version and augeas version in his  
> distro.
> 
> To avoid this situation, I would propose to make a release candidate  
> say two weeks before the official release, to allow some time to  
> bindings folks to test and update and release their projects.
> 
> Does such a process would be feasible without too much overhead? Is  
> there a better way to handle this?

I think we don't need a formal release candidate - but maybe a nag to
bindings maintainers just before and after a release to update things. I
know I've dropped the ball on the Ruby bindings somehwat.

For all the other bindings, who is still actively maintaining them ?

David





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