On 2006-08-30, John Salerno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ray wrote: > >> However I wonder, how fast are you guys moving from version to version >> at work? > > Interesting question. Just as a curious follow-up (not being > someone who works in the programming world), why does it take > so long to move to the latest version,
Two reasons: 1) "If it ain't broke, don't f*** with it." 2) There's always something else that is broke. > especially when there aren't (I don't think) any changes that > would break existing code, After doing a few sowftware upgrades you quickly learn to never, ever believe that. The best working hypothesis is that upgrading will break things. So the questions when considering an upgrade are: 1) Is there a new feature I want? 2) Is that feature worth fixing the update breaking? -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! CALIFORNIA is where at people from IOWA or NEW visi.com YORK go to subscribe to CABLE TELEVISION!! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list