[usocket-cvs] r124 - public_html

[ehuelsmann at common-lisp.net]

Author: ehuelsmann
Date: Mon Dec 18 15:50:27 2006
New Revision: 124

Modified:
   public_html/index.shtml
Log:
Update website with my latest ideas about interface guarantees.

Modified: public_html/index.shtml
==============================================================================
--- public_html/index.shtml	(original)
+++ public_html/index.shtml	Mon Dec 18 15:50:27 2006
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 possible, while keeping the abstraction and portability layer as thin
 as possible. </p>
 
+<p>Because <a href="http://cliki.net/trivial-sockets">trivial-sockets</a>
+has been declared dead and its author has said he will declare usocket
+its successor if there is a zero effort path of migration, I'm <b>also working
+on <em>trivial-usocket</em></b> which is supposed to be a sub-optimal, but zero
+effort migration from trivial-sockets.</p>
+
 <p>If your lisp isn't mentioned in the list below, please feel free to
 submit a request for it at the mailing list mentioned below.</p>
 
@@ -40,11 +46,12 @@
 
 <h2>Community</h2>
 
- <p>This project has recently started.  There isn't much of a community
-    yet, except me (Erik Huelsmann).  So, you're invited to join the mailing
-    list, announce yourself and maybe even join the effort.
+ <p>This project has started Januari 2006.  There isn't much of a community
+    yet, though I'd like there to be one.  So, you're invited to join
+    the mailing list, announce yourself and even join the effort!
  </p>
 
+
  <p>Development discussion takes place on
    <a href="mailto:usocket-devel at common-lisp.net">usocket-devel at common-lisp.net</a>.
  </p>
@@ -272,6 +279,13 @@
 </table>
 </div>
 
+<h2>Interface guarantees</h2>
+
+<p>The interfaces currently published in the :export part of the
+package definition are guaranteed to stay compatible for the
+entire 0.x lifecycle.  Extention in a backward compatible way is
+ofcourse valid, as is the addition of new interface functions.</p>
+
 <h2>Releases</h2>
 
 <p>Releases are uploaded to the <a href="releases/">releases/</a>