[development] Module backwards compatibility
Jeff Eaton
jeff at viapositiva.net
Sat Aug 11 20:49:05 UTC 2007
I predict a pretty strong 'Nope' ;)
> but the downfall would be new features and possibly performance.
Unfortunately, those two points are pretty much the entire reason for
the current compatibility philosophy. :-) In order to convince the
entire development community that this is the best approach, you'll
have to explain why this tradeoff is worth it when performance and
features *are the reason people upgrade to new versions of Drupal*.
> With module backwards compatibility, it would allow users to
> upgrade to the latest Drupal core as soon as it is released rather
> then waiting for module developers to upgrade their modules.
> Sometimes modules never get upgraded and it is a real shame IMO to
> see all that work goto waste.
It is. On the other hand, if people don't need the new features and
performance boost that comes with a new version of Drupal, there's
not much reason to upgrade. Security patches, yes -- but maintaining
security patches is, according to the philosophy you're advocating,
easier than upgrading contrib.
--Jeff
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