We made a wrong move about examples

[bigtimebuddy]

Examples and use-cases to test against are two entirely different objectives. We need a better test suite for verifying changes. Like what bunnymark is for performance. Examples should not be that. I propose we build something new designed to just test features and is robust and comprehensive.

[themoonrat]

No pixi application, no previous examples.

I think it's a fair trade off and we should ditch being able to use any previous tagged version

[ivanpopelyshev]

Creating new plugin, "pixi-legacy", allows run new examples on older versions of pixijs

[clark-stevenson]

ditch being able to use any previous tagged version

What was the point in that option? Just wondered, I see them sometimes on some projects, and wonder what the use case is?

[bigtimebuddy]

Examples are not about maintaining legacy and compatibility. If they are, we should manage the history in a better way. However, examples are getting newbies on-boarded quicker. Someone that uses v3 or a specific version should know enough to not require examples and demos. Examples should always be for the latest release.

[ivanpopelyshev]

@clark-stevenson @bigtimebuddy I'm using it too test every major change. People use it too.

so, my new project, "pixi-legacy" will be able to upgrade old versions with hacks, and downgrade new ones too. It's supposed to be enabled in examples for all versions behind release.

[themoonrat]

To easily compete how over version worked compared to another.

"I think version x introduced a bug"
"Ok, it actually change how it worked on version x.x"

I like a compatibility layer for examples that ivan suggested

[ivanpopelyshev]

https://github.com/ivanpopelyshev/pixi-legacy

[clark-stevenson]

Thanks guys, I understand why that might be helpful but why, as a consumer, I don't really use tags. I kind of agree with Matt due to that Bias.

Anyway I don't speak often, but kudos on the big examples PR ticket. I was stuck with a ripped V3 test which was probably 18 months old and I pretended it wasn't there because the examples confused me. I spent most of today re-writing that to match that PR. I appreciate the work that went into it which why I would hate to see it lost. Also Application is a great addition. It is amazing to extend Application and get rid of all the pish.

Ivan's new readme made me laugh, Most of my updates are a Friday Night and he knows. 👍

[staff0rd]

What I need is an easy way to switch pixi versions against a pen.