Re: Compatibility, and Frustration.

In a message dated: 12 Mar 2003 11:54:11 PST
Ben Collins-Sussman said:

>> On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 06:44:14PM +0100, Sander Striker wrote:
>> > > From: sussman@collab.net [mailto:sussman@collab.net]
>> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 8:38 PM
>> >
>> > > So let's come up with a written policy and stick to it. Then, when we
>> > > *do* break compatibility, and someone complains, we can point to the
>> > > writing. :-)
>> >
>> > My vote on the "courtesy upgrade time": 1 release. IOW, keep it backward
>> > compatible in the release the feature is introduced and drop the backward
>> > compat in the release that follows. I'm thinking minor releases here, not
>> > patch releases (and only for as long as major == 0, but we all agree on
>> > that).
>> >
>> > Sander
>>
>> +1 on this. 0.19.x should be compatible with 0.20.x, but doesn't have to be
>> compatible with 0.21.x, and vice-versa.
>
>+1 as well. Let's keep building a consensus here! :-)

Okay, I'll +1 that, for whatever my vote's worth ;)

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