New Binary File Format?

With the new release of wyBuild scheduled to drop in Q4 2016, do you expect to release any changes to the existing binary file formats or completely new file types? If so, would you be willing to release the new specs sooner that later (assuming they're pretty set in stone)?

On a related note, we've created a Python library which makes automated generation of wyBuild/wyUpdate files a breeze. Due to concerns of product piracy, we haven't released the library on GitHub (wyBuild would not be needed, thus potentially hurting your revenue stream). With that said, the library would be very useful to paying community (especially customers using continuous integration/fully automated builds). What are your thoughts on releasing something like this?

for the sake of my grammatical reputation s/their/they're 😀

Hey Kyle,

>> "With the new release of wyBuild scheduled to drop in Q4 2016, do you expect to release any changes to the existing binary file formats or completely new file types?"

Yes, but they're not arbitrary changes. We're adding support for incremental patches (and other large features). But our binary format is designed for backwards and forwards compatibility (i.e. old versions that don't understand new features in the format just ignore it).

>> "On a related note, we've created a Python library which makes automated generation of wyBuild/wyUpdate files a breeze."

What about our method's did you find bulky (so we can improve it)? https://wyday.com/wybuild/help/commandline.php

>> "With that said, the library would be very useful to paying community (especially customers using continuous integration/fully automated builds). What are your thoughts on releasing something like this?"

That sounds interesting. I'd like to see it, if you wouldn't mind. My email is wyatt@wyday.com.

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