[webkit-dev] WebKit GObject bindings: Who is guiding their future?

[Carlos Garcia Campos]

El mar, 30-08-2016 a las 09:52 -0700, Darin Adler escribió:
> Thanks for the frank discussion, guys.
> 
> I do think we may be able to make the GObject bindings better and
> better over time even if they are hand written rather than generated.

Exactly.

> I understand that you want to keep them vital and up to date in a way
> that the Apple folks are not planning to do for the Objective-C
> bindings. Given the goal to have them be stable even while adding new
> capabilities with new ones, I hope it will be practical to make them
> great without using automatic generation.

We split the API long time ago and since then we have never added new
methods/properties to the stable part, and very few applications use
the unstable part (and they only use one or two methods). So, I don't
think it will be a problem at all to stop auto-generating them.

> I also think it’s worth further discussion with some of the folks at
> Apple who also want to make sure we have great API for use inside
> injected bundles. We might come up with some idea that is excellent
> both for Cocoa and GTK.
> 
> Can we plan how to do the transition off of automatic generation now,
> or is there anyone else we should consult?

I just need some time, I'm very busy this week because I have to make a
new branch for WebKitGTK+ 2.14 and prepare a new release. Good thing is
that I made the branch today, so changes in trunk are less risky for us
now, and I plan to make the release tomorrow. As soon as the release is
out, I'll start working on the bindings freeze.

> — Darin
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Carlos Garcia Campos