On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 8:43 PM, Noel Butler <noel.but...@ausics.net> wrote: > > Given that things are only ever going to move forward with my/maria-sql > would it not be better to enable this by default, and have a "disable" > setting for those who want to run something of antiques? > > Because in years to come there will only ever be the modern versions and > you;ll have to change default behaviour then anyway, but since that time is > mostly here now, it makes more sense to enable it by default. >
No, this whole issue came about because existing code requires modification to continue working. Requiring a new option to be set to enable old behavior would cause the same problem. Backcompat is "forever". -Dan
