19 Feb
2019
19 Feb
'19
7:10 p.m.
Hi.
15.02.19 20:03, Neels Hofmeyr пишет:
Yes, but such a compatibility break always brings a
lot of overhead
and a split
of the user base, as we have seen with the osmo-nitb split. The community is
infinitely slow in taking on the newer incompatible version.
I don't think it's fair comparison: nitb split require users to update
pretty much everything at once, including updating config files etc. Of
course it's "a lot of overhead" - it requires manual human labor.
It's a different story when user have to update one or two programs,
without changing config files. That happens automatically all the time
on pretty much daily basis.
Yes, we should try to be backward compatible whenever possible. Doesn't
mean we can't consider introducing incompatible changes if it's really
necessary.
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