[consulting] Staying Current

[Luigi Bai]

Khalid, I am not trying to reopen that discussion here. I was responding more 
to Alex's assertion that "Drupal supports 2 versions and that's a fact". 
While true, it's not an immutable law of nature; it's an intentional stance 
taken by the community, and I wanted to place its effects within the context 
of the discussion we were having.

It was helpful for you to point out where that discussion takes place. 
Everyone who considers these issues important should also share their 
experiences when the topic comes up again.

On Sunday, 29 March 2009, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> "Drupal is moving too fast".
> "Drupal should have backward compatibility".
> "Drupal should support older versions".
> 
> We just this had this debate on the development list a couple of weeks back.
> 
> It is something that used to come up every six months, and now it seems to
> be more frequent.
> 
> Before we delve into this again, please take the time to review the
> development list archives and read the arguments and counterarguments there.
> Otherwise, we will keep rehashing them forever.
> 
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Luigi Bai <lpb at focalpoint.com> wrote:
> 
> > I feel that one of the frustrations here is not that the "Drupal 
community"
> > will only support two versions, but that in effect each version is a
> > different product; the policy of not being backward compatible between 
core
> > releases is a problem for big sites.
> >
> > ...
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > So, I'd say that as Drupal becomes more popular and more widely used, 
there
> > is
> > more of a need to maintain back versions, especially of modules. As Karen
> > has
> > pointed out, primary contributors can only reasonably write code for a
> > subset
> > of the possible combinations of <PHP, Drupal> versions. I believe it 
really
> > is incumbent on the wider community to fill in the gaps. Perhaps Acquia
> > would
> > consider adding that as a standard function it performs for the community,
> > funded by customers who will benefit greatly by having it happen.
> >
> > Luigi
> >
> > On Sunday, 29 March 2009, Alex Urevick-Ackelsberg wrote:
> > > Sorry if I came across as harsh, but I don't think this is a
> > philosophical
> > > argument. The Drupal community supports 2 versions. That is the current
> > > fact. I am not saying that people who want to support Drupal 5 sites are
> > > used car salesmen, but rather that there are certainly unscrupulous
> > > salesman, as well as people who (even with the best of intentions)
> > mislead
> > > their clients into maintaining unreasonable expectations for what can be
> > > expected at a certain cost.
> > >
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