We are about to make the SF release of the client the official release for 
OSRS, and I would like some feedback on our approach. There are basically 
two ways we can do this:

1. Hard cut: make SF official and only "innovate" on that version. This 
would mean that any new functionality would only be developed by us ion 
that code base
2. Soft transition: make SF the default for new installs, but innovate on 
both for a period of time (3 months?) - new functionality would be 
developed on both in concert (obviously more work). After three months, we 
would cut to innovating on SF only
3. Perpetual purgatory: innovate on both for the measurable future

Would like your comments on all this. We do not mind supporting both, 
however it just means we will in general innovate less from a feature 
perspective as we will have an increased maintenance overhead. We feel the 
SF client is far superior, however we appreciate the pain in migrating 
(however, keep in mind that once migrated to the SF version, upgrades are 
*much* easier). Also, the old clients will always (for the forseeable 
future) work, the question is whether any innovations we develop are baked 
in there, and for how long...

Discuss!

sA

Scott Allan
Director OpenSRS
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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