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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.

On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 3:58 PM, John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> wrote:

>
> On Sep 11, 2015, at 1:41 PM, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>
> >
> >> You're saying that when the #1 gEDA developer thinks its a good
> >> thing to prevent users from using the tools in ways the developers
> >> don't approve of that I shouldn't worry?
> >
> > For the record, I don't think that.
> >
>
> You wrote:
>
> > I meant, there may be internal
> > functions that were never intended to be official (or even public),
> > that someone discovered and (ab)used in a workflow.  There must be a
> > way to let that API change, despite its use, else we'd be unexpectedly
> > locked into something we don't want.
>
>
> John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
> http://www.noqsi.com/
> jpd AT noqsi DOT com
>
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">I believe that what DJ is saying is that you should feel f=
ree to do that, but if he changes the API and your software stops working, =
that&#39;s not going to keep him awake at night.</div><div class=3D"gmail_e=
xtra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 3:58 PM, John =
Doty <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jpd AT noqsi DOT com" target=3D"_blan=
k">jpd AT noqsi DOT com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote"=
 style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><b=
r>
On Sep 11, 2015, at 1:41 PM, DJ Delorie &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dj AT delorie DOT co=
m">dj AT delorie DOT com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; You&#39;re saying that when the #1 gEDA developer thinks its a goo=
d<br>
&gt;&gt; thing to prevent users from using the tools in ways the developers=
<br>
&gt;&gt; don&#39;t approve of that I shouldn&#39;t worry?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; For the record, I don&#39;t think that.<br>
&gt;<br>
<br>
You wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; I meant, there may be internal<br>
&gt; functions that were never intended to be official (or even public),<br=
>
&gt; that someone discovered and (ab)used in a workflow.=C2=A0 There must b=
e a<br>
&gt; way to let that API change, despite its use, else we&#39;d be unexpect=
edly<br>
&gt; locked into something we don&#39;t want.<br>
<br>
<br>
John Doty=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Noqsi Aerospace, =
Ltd.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.noqsi.com/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http=
://www.noqsi.com/</a><br>
<a href=3D"mailto:jpd AT noqsi DOT com">jpd AT noqsi DOT com</a><br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br></div>

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