[Sugar-devel] Rationale behind the JSON -> CJSON switch in Sugar codebase?

[Tomeu Vizoso]

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 15:53, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 03:11:05PM +0100, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
>>
>> 2009/11/13 Sascha Silbe <sascha-ml-ui-sugar-devel at silbe.org>:
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:12:11AM +0000, Daniel Drake wrote:
>>>
>>>>> As Tomeu mentions, Python 2.6 reduces the cjson/json performance
>>>>> advantage.
>>>>
>>>> OK, didn't see this. Yes, using python standard library seems like the
>>>> way to go.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately not all distros ship Python 2.6 yet, most notably Debian.
>>> So we need to at least fall back to simplejson for those.
>>
>> Sounds good to me, so maybe we can ask for a minimum of 2.6 for 0.88? How
>> well that plays with Debian and its derivatives?
>
> I recommend you to not tune into specific needs of Debian or other
> particular distros, but aim generally at the FLOSS world.
>
> Generally, the faster you tighten the requirements, the more do you
> discourage the use of long-term supported systems.  Which is bad for
> deployers, especially those with few resources!
>
> So please include fallbacks when using features available only in newer
> backend libraries.  Not to play nice with Debian, but to play nice with
> "slow movers".

I see the value in playing nice with "slow movers" but there's also a
cost to be paid by both upstream and other distros, so if we can get a
better idea of what we actually gain, we can better find the sweetest
spot between old and recent dependencies.

Regards,

Tomeu

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