Peter Samuelson writes:
>
> [Jonathan Gilbert]
> > Why not add *support* for the new format to the core libraries right
> > away, but not actually create/upgrade repositories at this
> > point.
>
> Because maintaining the ability to read *and* write multiple repository
> formats at once is annoying. The normal mode is to read the old format
> but only write the new format.
In general, yes, but it depends on what the format change is. The
recent changes (nonxml-entries and storing wcprops in a single file)
require the odl write support to stay in the code so a new client can
run cleanup on an old WC (we don't try to upgrade a WC that needs
cleanup). For wcpropcaching, the situation is different because the
code that runs the logs doesn't deal with the way properties are
stored directly. So, it gets a little tricky... And everybody who
knows how stupid I really am now fears 1.4:-)
Best,
//Peter
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Received on Fri Apr 21 08:03:11 2006