[documentation] new page on backwards compatibility

[blogdiva at culturekitchen.com]

Hi Laura,

Sorry about not responding earlier. Your messages have been going to  
my BlogHer folder and for some reason I missed out on all your follow  
ups to my previous comments. I will be checking it out.

I am in the middle of an upgrade using the instructions at http:// 
drupal.org/node/30699 and, of course, something's wrong with what I  
am doing. I will be annotating that page thoroughly whenever I get  
the chance and if, only if, I am successful at this upgrade thing.

Cheers,
liza




On  27.May.2006, at 09:28 PM, Laura Scott wrote:

> I wasn't really "inspired," but I was moved by Liza's eloquent post  
> on the development list, as well as by upgrade angst expressed in  
> various places in the field....
>
> I've had my frustrations in upgrading some sites -- mainly the  
> first couple I built (initially in 4.5.0) where I made many  
> mistakes. But I've always tried to take it all in the spirit of the  
> Essential Given of Drupal: no backwards compatibility. I always  
> covet the new features, so I tend not to linger long on previous  
> releases ... but I do have clients who are not so up on the Drupal  
> worldview.
>
> So.... I added a page under "Is Drupal right for you?" when I did  
> not find something similar. (If I missed something obvious, please  
> let me know.)
>
> http://drupal.org/node/65922
>
> Your corrections, improvements, lacerating critiques are invited  
> and welcome. I'm just trying to get a start going here on helping  
> new folks understand the essential philosophy that enables Drupal  
> to be as great as it is.
>
> I'm hoping that this may lead to some "best practices" for easing  
> upgrades in the future (such has trying to avoid depending upon cul- 
> de-sac modules that lose support, or not hacking core modules for  
> short-term convenience).
>
> What do you all think?
>
> Laura
>
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