On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Scott Allan wrote:
> 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 I choose #1 with the assumption that you will fix any bugs in the last version of the "legacy client" as they are discovered. > 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 For those with customizations, the pain also exists when upgrading to a new client version. So I say just go for it. As I stated above, enhancements/bug fixes to the SF client and bug fixes only to the legacy client. > Also, the old clients will always (for the forseeable future) work, Yes, this is a basic requirement. Regards, Bill
