On 11/07/2015 12:36 AM, Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote:
> Democracy is not the point IMHO: The point is not to further delay the
> release. Implementing a small and safe file format change where
everybody
> agrees that it is useful does not produce a significant delay.
Discussing a
> controversal change where no easy solution is in sight has the
potential of
> delaying the release (at least if the possibility of implementing
the change
> before the release is seriously considered). Therefore I think that
it is
> not the right time right now to have this discussion.
>
Is it really a file format change? If we do not change the physical
appearance of the file format, and if we do not change the document
output of a certain file, is it then still forbidden to change in a
minor release?
Yes, it is a file format change. It means (say) that 2.2.2 files throw
errors when they are read with 2.2.1.
Richard
