David W. Van Couvering wrote: > > > Daniel John Debrunner wrote: > >> David W. Van Couvering wrote:
>> >> Is this a requirement, 'will need', since the wiki page says "We should >> strive for forward compatibility between major releases, ..." and >> elsewhere in referring to incompatibility between major releases it says >> "(and this is to be avoided)"? >> > > Perhaps I misunderstood, but I thought Kathey felt that if we did not > *guarantee* compatibility then it would be simpler and more correct to > say that a user should expect and plan for incompatibility between major > releases, rather than hope and pray for compatibility. > > I would prefer to word it something like "may need" instead of "will > need" but I was concerned about pushback from Kathey :) Do you have a link to Kathey's e-mail, I looked in the archives (boy do I hate the new gui) but couldn't see what you are referring to? Thanks, Dan.