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Re: [DebianGIS] josm in Debian - web API stability?



Please excuse an ignorant question from an observer.

Wouldn't Debian-volatile allow for future changes to josm during the
life of Lenny?



Bruce Bannerman 


On Sun, 2008-04-06 at 14:54 -0700, Hamish wrote:
> Andreas Putzo wrote:
> > I asked josm upstream about his opinion some days ago. He said that 
> > the api will most like change again in an incompatible way. 
> ....
> > I have a good gut feeling that the osm api will be stable for a while 
> > but that's probably not enough to let josm into testing :)
> 
> if the test to get into lenny is a guarantee that the API will be stable
> forever, no package could pass.
> 
> It is really a matter of timing- is it expected that there will be new
> stable release of the upstream package containing an API change in the
> next 18 months, i.e. is the change currently in the development plans
> now? Or is this a conservative warning that it /could/ change?
> 
> I find it totally understandable and expected that an upstream would not
> guarantee that the API will not change in the future, but that doesn't
> mean it is about to do so.
> 
> 
> shrug,
> Hamish
> 
> 
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