Re: [math] preparing smooth interface upgrade for users

2010-11-19 Thread Phil Steitz
On Nov 19, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Luc Maisonobe wrote: > Le 19/11/2010 16:39, Phil Steitz a écrit : >> On 11/19/10 8:52 AM, Luc Maisonobe wrote: >>> Le 17/11/2010 21:08, sebb a écrit : On 17 November 2010 19:53, Luc Maisonobe wrote: > Le 17/11/2010 13:48, Phil Steitz a écrit : >> On

Re: [math] preparing smooth interface upgrade for users

2010-11-19 Thread Luc Maisonobe
Le 19/11/2010 16:39, Phil Steitz a écrit : > On 11/19/10 8:52 AM, Luc Maisonobe wrote: >> Le 17/11/2010 21:08, sebb a écrit : >>> On 17 November 2010 19:53, Luc Maisonobe wrote: Le 17/11/2010 13:48, Phil Steitz a écrit : > On 11/16/10 7:10 PM, Gilles Sadowski wrote: > [...] >>

Re: [math] preparing smooth interface upgrade for users

2010-11-19 Thread Phil Steitz
On 11/19/10 8:52 AM, Luc Maisonobe wrote: Le 17/11/2010 21:08, sebb a écrit : On 17 November 2010 19:53, Luc Maisonobe wrote: Le 17/11/2010 13:48, Phil Steitz a écrit : On 11/16/10 7:10 PM, Gilles Sadowski wrote: [...] I think this transition is the smoother path for our users. Do you think

Re: [math] preparing smooth interface upgrade for users

2010-11-19 Thread Luc Maisonobe
Le 17/11/2010 21:08, sebb a écrit : > On 17 November 2010 19:53, Luc Maisonobe wrote: >> Le 17/11/2010 13:48, Phil Steitz a écrit : >>> On 11/16/10 7:10 PM, Gilles Sadowski wrote: >>> [...] >>> I think this transition is the smoother path for our users. Do you >>> think >>> this ch

Re: [math] preparing smooth interface upgrade for users

2010-11-17 Thread sebb
On 17 November 2010 19:53, Luc Maisonobe wrote: > Le 17/11/2010 13:48, Phil Steitz a écrit : >> On 11/16/10 7:10 PM, Gilles Sadowski wrote: >> [...] >> I think this transition is the smoother path for our users. Do you >> think >> this change is the way to go ? > > -0

Re: [math] preparing smooth interface upgrade for users

2010-11-17 Thread Luc Maisonobe
Le 17/11/2010 13:48, Phil Steitz a écrit : > On 11/16/10 7:10 PM, Gilles Sadowski wrote: > [...] > I think this transition is the smoother path for our users. Do you > think > this change is the way to go ? -0 >>> >>> +1 >>> My first impression is that it is a lo

Re: [math] preparing smooth interface upgrade for users

2010-11-17 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > [...] > > I think what Luc is suggesting is that by introducing > MathUserException in 2.2 without a material compatibility break > (i.e. nothing that would actually break any 2.1 code) we could set > users to start doing this work incrementally before 3.0 is released. > That seems like a

Re: [math] preparing smooth interface upgrade for users

2010-11-17 Thread Phil Steitz
On 11/16/10 7:10 PM, Gilles Sadowski wrote: [...] I think this transition is the smoother path for our users. Do you think this change is the way to go ? -0 +1 My first impression is that it is a lot of changes for 2.2 without any benefit when users will switch to 3.0; they will still have

Re: [math] preparing smooth interface upgrade for users

2010-11-16 Thread Gilles Sadowski
> >> [...] > >> I think this transition is the smoother path for our users. Do you think > >> this change is the way to go ? > > > > -0 > > +1 > > > > > My first impression is that it is a lot of changes for 2.2 without any > > benefit when users will switch to 3.0; they will still have to scan t

Re: [math] preparing smooth interface upgrade for users

2010-11-16 Thread sebb
On 16 November 2010 23:19, Gilles Sadowski wrote: > Hello. > >> As we are changing a lot of things in 3.0, it would be interesting to >> have 2.2 help users smoothly adapt their code. Many exceptions have/will >> be changed and some of them are used in public interfaces users have to >> implement.

Re: [math] preparing smooth interface upgrade for users

2010-11-16 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > As we are changing a lot of things in 3.0, it would be interesting to > have 2.2 help users smoothly adapt their code. Many exceptions have/will > be changed and some of them are used in public interfaces users have to > implement. Typical examples are FirstOrderDifferentialEquations and

[math] preparing smooth interface upgrade for users

2010-11-16 Thread Luc Maisonobe
Hello all, As we are changing a lot of things in 3.0, it would be interesting to have 2.2 help users smoothly adapt their code. Many exceptions have/will be changed and some of them are used in public interfaces users have to implement. Typical examples are FirstOrderDifferentialEquations and the