From: Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org>
To: Glenn McGrath <glenn.l.mcgrath@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] How to measure API "goodness"?
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:05:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080911230507.GA10179@linuxtv.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <141058d50809092040m6ccbcer2ff26cf109a63682@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 01:40:03PM +1000, Glenn McGrath wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Andy Walls <awalls@radix.net> wrote:
> >
> > What are the attributes to measure for comparing APIs or API proposals?
>
> Well said, but can the goodness of an API even be measured ?
Yeah, it seems much easier to measure the badness ;-)
http://www.osnews.com/images/comics/wtfm.jpg
Johannes
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2008-09-09 0:43 ` [linux-dvb] Multiproto API/Driver Update barry bouwsma
2008-09-09 1:17 ` hermann pitton
2008-09-09 12:02 ` barry bouwsma
2008-09-09 12:12 ` Rudy Zijlstra
2008-09-09 15:33 ` Markus Rechberger
2008-09-09 20:59 ` Simon Kenyon
2008-09-09 21:14 ` Markus Rechberger
2008-09-10 0:02 ` Steven Toth
2008-09-10 0:42 ` [linux-dvb] How to measure API "goodness"? Andy Walls
2008-09-10 3:40 ` Glenn McGrath
2008-09-10 4:14 ` hermann pitton
2008-09-11 23:05 ` Johannes Stezenbach [this message]
2008-09-12 1:13 ` Markus Rechberger
2008-09-12 2:32 ` Andy Walls
2008-09-13 22:46 ` [linux-dvb] Multiproto API/Driver Update Manu Abraham
2008-09-13 22:56 ` Markus Rechberger
2008-09-13 22:56 ` Markus Rechberger
2008-09-13 23:31 ` Manu Abraham
2008-09-13 23:31 ` Manu Abraham
2008-09-14 2:10 ` Markus Rechberger
2008-09-14 2:10 ` Markus Rechberger
2008-09-14 10:51 ` barry bouwsma
2008-09-14 13:51 ` Markus Rechberger
2008-09-14 14:29 ` Steven Toth
2008-09-14 14:27 ` Steven Toth
2008-09-14 14:27 ` Steven Toth
2008-09-14 15:14 ` barry bouwsma
2008-09-14 15:28 ` Markus Rechberger
2008-09-14 16:54 ` Steven Toth
2008-09-14 19:51 ` Markus Rechberger
2008-09-14 21:57 ` Steven Toth
2008-09-14 22:03 ` Andreas Oberritter
2008-09-14 22:27 ` Steven Toth
2008-09-14 22:33 ` Markus Rechberger
2008-09-14 22:41 ` hermann pitton
2008-09-16 16:45 ` Benny Amorsen
2008-09-16 19:04 ` [linux-dvb] OT: Dual/BSD Licensing (was: Re: Multiproto API/Driver Update) BOUWSMA Barry
2008-09-16 19:16 ` [linux-dvb] OT: Dual/BSD Licensing Benny Amorsen
2008-09-14 15:38 ` [linux-dvb] Multiproto API/Driver Update Markus Rechberger
2008-09-14 15:38 ` Markus Rechberger
2008-09-14 17:02 ` Steven Toth
2008-09-14 17:02 ` Steven Toth
2008-09-14 18:51 ` Manu Abraham
2008-09-14 18:51 ` Manu Abraham
2008-09-14 20:08 ` Christophe Thommeret
2008-09-15 0:17 ` hermann pitton
2008-09-14 20:45 ` Andy Walls
2008-09-14 20:45 ` Andy Walls
2008-09-14 21:01 ` Manu Abraham
2008-09-14 21:01 ` Manu Abraham
2008-09-14 22:20 ` Andy Walls
2008-09-14 22:20 ` Andy Walls
2008-09-14 22:36 ` Manu Abraham
2008-09-14 22:36 ` Manu Abraham
2008-09-15 4:23 ` hermann pitton
2008-09-15 4:23 ` hermann pitton
2008-09-14 21:03 ` Manu Abraham
2008-09-14 21:03 ` Manu Abraham
2008-09-15 5:50 ` Julian Scheel
2008-09-15 5:50 ` Julian Scheel
2008-09-15 15:42 ` Michael Krufky
2008-09-15 15:42 ` Michael Krufky
2008-09-19 10:58 ` Julian Scheel
2008-09-19 10:58 ` Julian Scheel
2008-09-19 19:51 ` VDR User
2008-09-19 19:55 ` VDR User
2008-09-24 16:54 ` Oliver Endriss
2008-09-24 16:54 ` Oliver Endriss
2008-09-15 23:10 ` Andy Walls
2008-09-15 23:10 ` Andy Walls
2008-09-16 2:55 ` hermann pitton
2008-09-16 2:55 ` hermann pitton
2008-09-14 3:39 ` hermann pitton
2008-09-14 3:39 ` hermann pitton
2008-09-14 19:08 ` Simon Kenyon
2008-09-14 19:25 ` Markus Rechberger
2008-09-14 20:54 ` Simon Kenyon
2008-09-14 21:00 ` Markus Rechberger
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2008-10-13 15:37 ` [linux-dvb] Multi-frontend patch merge (TESTERS FEEDBACK) was: Re: [PATCH] S2API: add multifrontend Steven Toth
2008-10-13 16:07 ` Darron Broad
2008-10-13 16:18 ` Steven Toth
2008-10-13 21:19 ` hermann pitton
2008-10-13 23:23 ` Hans Werner
2008-10-17 1:20 ` Hans Werner
2008-10-14 5:25 ` Andreas Oberritter
2008-10-14 10:42 ` Darron Broad
2008-10-14 22:06 ` Steven Toth
2008-10-14 14:57 ` Steven Toth
2008-10-15 16:44 ` Christophe Thommeret
2008-10-15 19:23 ` Andreas Oberritter
2008-10-15 19:13 ` Andreas Oberritter
2008-10-15 19:24 ` Steven Toth
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