On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Andre Merzky wrote:
I agree to some extend - did not want to give the impression that all user need to re-code their applications for the next SAGA version.
However, I am pretty sure that e.g. the language bindings will get iterated after some experience with the reference implementations,
This will, 'though, be finalised in the two year implementation phase before it becomes an accepted standard. Once it becomes a 'proposed recommendation', we need to maintain backwards compatibility. I would hope, 'though, that with the current level of interest in producing implementations, we can have the requisite two independent, API-level interoperable, implementations much sooner and push it to be a standard well within the two year period.
and the the scope extensions might introduce changes to the look and feel.
Again, once it is a standard we need to maintain backwards compatibility.
It will be a balance act I guess... So its a good thing that the standardization of the language bindings is pretty late on our time line - it gives us time to get it right...
That's the idea. Tom