feedback on [BUG 62]

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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On Tue, 6 May 2003, Jelmer Vernooij wrote:

> I don't care much what we do here - just noticed 
> that this wouldn't work in upgrades. What's our policy 
> on breaking backwards compatibility?

I think we are going to have to take the stand that 

  * we cannot break backwards compatibility on a 
    minor dot release
  * we can break backwards comptibility within reason
    on a major release as long as
    - it is a necessary change and has a significant 
      payoff
    - the change is documented in the upgrade section 
      of the release notes

I guess I really should start working on the upgrade 
notes before we release the first beta.  Anyone want to help
me on this?




cheers, jerry
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