Re: [Xmonad] problems with self-modifying layouts

On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 03:52:58PM +0200, Kai Grossjohann wrote:

David Roundy writes:

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P.S. I'd be curious to see implemented a "popularity-contest" module for xmonad once we've got serialization, which could use the logging mechanism to report on the most frequently used layouts. And yes, this would be in XMonadContrib and only manually enabled. I have no idea how many people are actually using Tabbed, and how likely this is to break folks' Config files.

Is this really a concern? One had to change Config.hs quite a number of times already, one more won't hurt. Given the version number and the pace of evolution, it is good that xmonad is not constrained by Config.hs API stability.

It's not yet a concern, but as the version number and popularity increase, it'll probably be a good idea to stablize the API of XMonadContrib modules that are widely used, or at least to ensure that on upgrades users aren't stuck with a Config.hs that possibly compiles, but leads to a non-useable configuration. -- David Roundy http://www.darcs.net