Richard Heck wrote: > On 11/07/2015 12:36 AM, Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote: >> >> 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.
If I understood Vincent correctly then it would not be a file format change IMHO: As I understood it, he referred to the suggestion that the "track changes" button would be decoupled from \track_changes in the file: \track_changes would set the state of the button on opening a document, but changing the change tracking status would not write back anything to the file. There would be a separate lfun for setting the default in the file. In this case, the file syntax would be kept, but the meaning of \track_changes would change a bit. After thinking a bit about this suggestion I believe it could be a good compromise for everybody, and I would not treat this as a file format change. Georg
