[documentation] new page on backwards compatibility

[Steven Peck]

I aliased this page a few hours ago.  
http://drupal.org/handbook/version-info
Which has version info and policy on the bottom.  I added this to the
page when Dries removed the 4.4.x series and determined policy long time
ago.  This policy was something that I will freely admit to having had
input on.  I will add that if Dries gets a volunteer to maintain the 4.6
line, then that policy may change, but the 4.6 line would absolutly need
a maintainer before such would happen.

-sp

> -----Original Message-----
> From: documentation-bounces at drupal.org 
> [mailto:documentation-bounces at drupal.org] On Behalf Of Charlie Lowe
> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 9:26 PM
> To: A list for documentation writers
> Subject: Re: [documentation] new page on backwards compatibility
> 
> 
> 
> Laura Scott wrote:
> > 
> > Good point. I added that as another numeric item in the list.
> 
> I think it might not be clear because "version" is ambiguous. To a 
> newbie, they might assume 4.7.1 and 4.7.0 count as a current and 
> previous release (which they are in one sense). Perhaps 
> something like,
> 
> "Only the current stable release series and the previous 
> release series 
> (e.g., 4.7 and 4.6) are supported by the Drupal development 
> community."
> 
> > 
> > . . .only 
> > selectively bolded.
> 
> Yeah. Bold sort of looses it's effect when overused. How about change 
> "Therefore, we offer some fair warning for people considering using 
> Drupal:" to a bold title of some kind. And maybe point 6 
> could be left 
> in bold, but not be a list element. See how it sort of sums up the 
> previous list items with a concluding bit of advice (the 
> others are not 
> advice, but observations about Drupal development).
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