[Libburn] Ruby bindings for libburn
Derek Foreman
manmower@signalmarketing.com
Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:23:04 -0600 (CST)
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Chris Anderson wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 10:48, Laurent Sansonetti wrote:
> > Hey everyone,
> >
> > Just to tell you that I am going to start binding libburn to the Ruby
> > programming language.
Very cool :)
> > I have nevertheless 2 questions:
> >
> > 1. Is the API going to change within the next days? If yes, when
> > the API will be stabilized?
>
> There should be an API freeze once the alpha is released. Currently it
> looks like there might even be an alpha out this week.
Yes, There will be an alpha release any day now, which will signify a
freeze of a significant portion of the API. (Most writing functions, and
device capability reporting)
When I make the release, I'll try to be quite clear on which parts of the
api are set in stone, and which are still a little iffy.
> > 2. Is it possible to embed the bindings in the official package?
> > It will be really useful for Ruby developers to have the
> > bindings installed by default with the library. Of course the
> > bindings won't be installed if Ruby isn't present in the system.
>
> I think this is still under debate I believe, Derek would know more.
I don't think we want to include bindings in the main distribution. I
suspect making a release would become more difficult with each included
binding, and I worry that if a developer loses interest, we'll end up with
unmaintained code in the package.