From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2012-02-09T07:18:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Tork 18.0.0


On Feb 8, 2012, at 08:19 , Suraj Kurapati wrote:

> On Tuesday, February 7, 2012 1:11:25 AM UTC-8, Ryan Davis wrote:
> > I think the way he writes software makes it less usable, but he
> > says that this works well for him and that's really all he needs.
> 
> The way I *write* software hinders usability?  Don't you mean the
> way I release it?

Actually no. Your releases are great. I think you're hindered by your API fluctuating too heavily and it suggests to me that you're not planning on your design enough up front. I'm all for API evolution, but it needs to be balanced against usability. If it fluctuates too much over a short period of time, it isn't as usable as the users can't keep up with you. Either they're going to stay with an old version forever or they're going to leave the library for something more predictable.