Re: [thg-dev] TortoiseOverlays 1.1.0

On 21.03.2010 14:04, TK Soh wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Adrian Buehlmann<adrian_at_cadifra.com> wrote:
>> (cc-ing tortoisehg-develop_at_lists.sourceforge.net)
>>
>> Apparently, if
>>
>> HKCU/Software/TortoiseOverlays, ShowUnversionedOverlay
>> HKCU/Software/TortoiseOverlays, ShowIgnoredOverlay
>>
>> are not set (in the registry of the user!), then these icons are now
>> dropped, starting with version 1.1.0 of TortoiseOverlays.
>>
>> http://code.google.com/p/tortoisesvn/source/detail?spec=svn18986&r=18986
>>
>> This is a very surprising change to be done on a shared component.
>
> I have not gone through the thread, but it does sound like a very
> drastic move. One would expect they at least attempt to maintain
> certain level of backward compatibility with the existing
> applications.
>
> I wonder what lead to such decisions.

It *is* backwards compatible.
Please don't make false statements without understanding what's going on
here.

Stefan

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