David E. Wheeler wrote: > On Feb 21, 2009, at 10:54 PM, Michael G Schwern wrote: > >> There is Perl 5 style backwards compatibility where you never, ever break >> anything for years and years and years and even for code that you're >> not sure >> even exists. That's what chromatic is on about. >> >> And then there's backwards compatibility where you try not to clearly >> break >> everyone's well-written code! >> >> I think that second one has value. > > Agreed, but that's what a deprecation cycle is for.
TAP currently has no deprecation cycle. That's what I introduced earlier. http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tap/current/msg00411.html -- 87. If the thought of something makes me giggle for longer than 15 seconds, I am to assume that I am not allowed to do it. -- The 213 Things Skippy Is No Longer Allowed To Do In The U.S. Army http://skippyslist.com/list/