On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 16:26:41 +0100, "Gábor Hojtsy" <gabor@hojtsy.hu> wrote:
On Dec 4, 2007 5:14 PM, Gerhard Killesreiter <gerhard@killesreiter.de> wrote:
I am in favour of dropping the code for version-hopping updates. It has always been a PITA to maintain it. If we leave it in, we need to fix it, though. Let's simply remove it.
OK, that avoids some of the problems (anyone up for an issue).
The original note still applies to anyone writing updates.
Gabor
Given our relatively short development cycle, it wouldn't surprise me if there are a lot of people trying to do 2-version jumps. 4.7 is still a supported version and will remain so until D6 is released. Actively blocking people from jumping from a supported version (or just barely not supported) to a supported version (or just barely supported) seems, well, rude. :-) Dropping 4.6 and earlier makes sense. I'm all for recommending that people go through D5 first, but there's no need to make a 4.7->6 upgrade effectively impossible. (Or a 5->7 upgrade later, or 6->8, etc.) --Larry Garfield