> Programming is not a matter of "ripping out code". Backporting > requires actually understanding all the changes, not some kind of > mechanical process.
Ok, point taken.
My argument is just that even if you backport the important features
of a new release into an old codebase, it's hard to make any valuable
claims about the resulting product if the "backport" changes more than
a few lines of code.
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thanks,
Will
