At 01:39 PM 5/10/2001 +0200, Jani Taskinen wrote:
>On Thu, 10 May 2001, Zeev Suraski wrote:
>
> >What does that mean that it takes 'too long', though.  Too long for
> >what?  I don't see any strong reason to nuke it at all, definitely not in
> >the near future.
> >Remember people, there are millions of users out there who don't appreciate
> >us at all for every downwards-compatibility break that we make, and for a
> >good reason.
>
>Hmm..I haven't seen millions of emails about ANY downwards-compatibility
>break. I haven't seen ANY emails about them. So where do they send them?
>
>If you tell in e.g. NEWS file "This version will break this and that"
>why would anyone get pissed? They had been warned. Let them use the old
>versions then.

I think what you are missing is that most PHP users aren't php-dev guys who 
dive into every little change in the NEWS file. I think many people expect 
to download a new minor version which includes additions & fixes.
In my opinion only bigger version number changes make people actually look 
closer as to what has changed.
People here often forget that they aren't the average PHP user but the very 
advanced ones.

Andi


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