Re: [pde-dev] Discontinue API Tools ( was Re: What do API tools want her

[Andrey Loskutov <loskutov@xxxxxx>]

Hi,

I'm late because I was on vacation. I think we clarified the original issue meanwhile.

To close the discussion here: if anyone has a working replacement that has no (or less) bugs and provides same (or better) functionality as API Tools, both on command line and in the IDE, feel free to provide a PR.

Until then we have to use *and maintain* API tools, as long as we want to provide some kind of API stability for clients in platform.
If we drop this requirement (provide stable API's), we can stop using API tools, but that is a different discussion.

Kind regards,
Andrey Loskutov

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> Gesendet: Samstag, 05. November 2022 um 15:31 Uhr
> Von: "Christoph Läubrich" <laeubi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> An: pde-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Betreff: [pde-dev] Discontinue API Tools ( was Re: What do API tools want here?)
>
> So now three month later, still no one know why API tools complains, or 
> even what the error message means. Ed has done some analysis and even 
> found that all quick fixes are broken here and even adding code in mini 
> steps do not help any further.
> 
> For me the question is if there is no support, no maintenance or 
> development available if it is time to discontinue API tools, as even 
> the build-setup is horrible complex and hard to perform including 
> calling helper mojos and ant scripts.
> 
> SO if PDE itself can't master its own API tools I think its time to face 
> the truth and recommend to stop using it and migrate to other techniques.
>