Re: [FileAPI] File.slice spec bug

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 2:16 AM, James Graham <jgraham@opera.com> wrote:
> On 04/14/2011 03:04 AM, Jonas Sicking wrote:
>
>>> It would be nice to hear from someone at Opera about their willingness to
>>> commit to this change
>>> as well.
>
> As a general point we think that making breaking changes to APIs with
> multiple compatible implementations that are already shipping is a really
> bad idea. So let's try and make this a one off.
>
> That said, we will go along with the plan, but we can't commit to a timeline
> for releasing the changed version.

Thanks James!

I agree this is something we should really avoid. The best way I think
we can do that in the future is to prefix implementations until specs
are agreed to be in a more stable state. I certainly have had my fair
share in not doing so enough, so not trying to shift blame here.

/ Jonas