Bug#651363: ITP: python-github2 -- Library to expose all the version 2 Github API over Python
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 1:41 AM, Evan Broder <evan@ebroder.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Evan Broder <evan@ebroder.net> wrote:
>>> Hey Paul -
>>> Does it make sense to put python-github2 in the archive at this
>>> point? Github has recently deprecated the v2 API in favor of their new
>>> v3 API (http://develop.github.com/ and http://developer.github.com/v3/
>>> respectively)
>>
>> I think that's a really valid concern, and it's something I thought
>> about - however, the v3 API is fairly incomplete and at times,
>> unusable. v2 is still being used (even though it's called deprecated)
>> - however, I was on the fence about introducing it.
>>
>> I thought having it as a option would be a good thing(tm), but a
>> stiffly worded mail or argument would change my mind.
>>
>> I'd love to hear your thoughts on this, personally, I see the use, but
>> others might see it as more of a liability.
>
> I don't have particularly strong opinions on this, so I certainly
> won't be the person to write such a stiffly worded e-mail.
>
> I'm mostly concerned about the long-term support costs for bindings to
> an API that's already marked as deprecated - even if there's no plan
> to phase it out. In particular, Github claims on [1] that they intend
> to finalize the v3 API some time around now, at which point I would
> expect them to start coming up with a deprecation schedule for v2.
>
> But at the end of the day, I think there are strong mitigating factors
> - the incompleteness of the API (have you considered reaching out to
> Github about that?), and the fact that stable and complete Python
I think you've got a good point. I'll do a bit of research - I was
thinking I'd RoM this if github drops it for real - but that might not
be the best way to handle it.
I'll poke GH and post back on this.
> bindings for the v3 API don't seem to have asserted themselves yet. So
> I guess I'd say go for it.
>
> [1] http://developer.github.com/v3/changelog/
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