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<201509112020 DOT t8BKKBgI012564 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 17:12:40 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [geda-user] About reinventing the wheel, and how to avoid it From: "Russell Nelson (russnelson AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1134d1fe0a5d6a051f7f2d54 Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk --001a1134d1fe0a5d6a051f7f2d54 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable People with actual jobs who need to get them done don't use undocumented parts of APIs because they knew that will screw them the next time they need to get actual work done. Do it right or do it over. On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 4:35 PM, John Doty wrote: > > On Sep 11, 2015, at 2:20 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > > >> I believe that what DJ is saying is that you should feel free to do > >> that, but if he changes the API and your software stops working, > >> that's not going to keep him awake at night. > > > > Yes, that. > > > > *Especially* if you went out of your way to bypass the published API > > and dig into the unpublished internals. > > > > And you don=E2=80=99t understand that this is a cause for worry for users= who have > actual jobs that need to get done? > > John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. > http://www.noqsi.com/ > jpd AT noqsi DOT com > > > > --001a1134d1fe0a5d6a051f7f2d54 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

People with actual jobs who need to get them done don'= t use undocumented parts of APIs because they knew that will screw them the= next time they need to get actual work done.

Do it right or do it over= .

On F= ri, Sep 11, 2015 at 4:35 PM, John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> wrote:

On Sep 11, 2015, at 2:20 PM, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

>
>> I believe that what DJ is saying is that you should feel free to d= o
>> that, but if he changes the API and your software stops working, >> that's not going to keep him awake at night.
>
> Yes, that.
>
> *Especially* if you went out of your way to bypass the published API > and dig into the unpublished internals.
>

And you don=E2=80=99t understand that this is a cause for worry for users w= ho have actual jobs that need to get done?

John Doty=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Noqsi Aerospace, = Ltd.
http= ://www.noqsi.com/
jpd AT noqsi DOT com

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