On 29/01/2010, at 4:26 PM, Jason van Zyl wrote:

> -1

got a reason? :)

> 
> On 2010-01-29, at 6:15 AM, Brett Porter wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 15/01/2010, at 1:45 PM, Brett Porter wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On 15/01/2010, at 12:42 PM, Benjamin Bentmann wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Brett Porter wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Perhaps we might only do it for 3.0 if that's the case (esp. since this 
>>>>> has a very minor chance of incompatibility if the property is in use).
>>>> 
>>>> Why has the version to be locked down in the first place? Is it to prevent 
>>>> usage of a snapshot version? If so, I don't think this applies to 3.0 as 
>>>> it prefers RELEASE over LATEST.
>>> 
>>> Ah, I had forgotten about that. That was probably the main reason, but it 
>>> is also valuable to protect the releases. I think these were ones we got 
>>> bitten by before:
>>> http://markmail.org/message/if6sbrsvr2zrvkta
>>> http://markmail.org/message/fgopqlnnhuecfmnq
>>> 
>>> We are likely more careful with the releases, but as it's something that 
>>> immediately affects all users on a new release, it's probably a little 
>>> disconcerting.
>> 
>> Benjamin, others - any further thoughts on this? I'm still inclined towards 
>> adding it.
>> 
>> - Brett
>> 
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> Thanks,
> 
> Jason
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