From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:09:57 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] provide advance warning of some future pack default changes
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.999999.0712172308360.8467@xanadu.home>
In-Reply-To: <46a038f90712171952i4f53876fv55b0e6993d5f4b0a@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, Martin Langhoff wrote:

> On Dec 18, 2007 4:23 PM, Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> wrote:
> > Sure, but at some point that's something users mixing versions should be
> > ready to cope with.  We try to make it as painless as possible of
> > course.
> 
> I have to say I agree with the "apparently minor updates should not
> break cross-version compat". And I think it's a communication issue
> around the version numbering. The fact that this will be introduced
> with a v1.5.5 is, IMHO, a good part of the problem.
> 
> If cvs 1.11 doesn't talk with 1.12 I'll say there are nuts - minor
> revisions should interoperate with end users not even thinking about
> it. But 1.5.5 has in its changelog lots of deprecations and interop
> changes.
> 
> It's not good communication to label it 1.5.5.

I agree.  Might be time for 1.6.0?


Nicolas