At 08:33 PM 14/04/2006 +0200, Peter N. Lundblad wrote:
>Justin Erenkrantz writes:
> > On 4/14/06, Branko ?ibej <brane@xbc.nu> wrote:
> > > /me wonders if there is some deep, universal truth evident to everybody
> > > but himself
> >
> > I think Peter means that we shouldn't bump the WC format between
> > public minor revs if we don't have to. Altering entries to a non-XML
> > format *would* bump WC's format - but if we did it before 1.4, as far
> > as everyone who uses our packaged releases is concerned, we just had a
> > format bump between 1.3 and 1.4. (Only dev's would have seen the
> > current interim changes; their WC's would be upgraded too - but for
> > people using public releases, they'd see the format in 1.3 and then
> > have their format bumped to the non-XML format w/1.4 - bypassing the
> > format we're at right now...) -- justin
>
>Couldn't say it better myself:-) When we put out 1.4 prereleases, we
>will have to include warnings that if you test this release, you can't
>easily go back to use 1.3 on this working copy. This, and also the
>fact that users who start using 1.4 when it is released might not be
>able to mix that with other clients that haven't upgraded to the 1.4
>libraries yet, is very annoying. I don't see a way around it, because
>completely supporting old formats is a maintainanc nightmare, but we
>should avoid bumping if possible.
Why not add *support* for the new format to the core libraries right away,
but not actually create/upgrade repositories at this point. Then, when 1.4
comes out, presumably other clients will have had the opportunity to add
the necessary support (for many, simply recompiling against the updated
libraries, no?).
Jonathan Gilbert
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Received on Thu Apr 20 17:02:33 2006