Hello Loren, Thursday, September 30, 2004, 6:23:46 PM, you wrote:
>> To the extent that user_prefs files and (most) command-line options >> are similarly backwards- and forwards-compatible, this upgrade will >> be painless for us. To be more explicit, I would like to make >> necessary changes *before* the upgrade to the extent that I can, in >> such a way that the system will behave as expected both before and >> after the upgrade. >> >> What I'm trying to determine here is to what extent that's possible, >> and conversely to what extent I will have to synchronize various >> parts of the upgrade procedure. LW> My impression is that *probably* you can put the 3.0 syntax into user_prefs LW> files while running 2.6x, and things will probably still work. You will get LW> lint errors, but I don't *think* they will abort processing. Likewise the LW> 2.6x values will cause lint errors in 3.0. But again, I *think* they will LW> not abort processing. Agreed. I'm running 3.0 on my desktop, and my host's servers are running 2.63. I have 3.0 config lines in my user_prefs for my desktop use, and they generate two warnings when my daily --lint runs on the server. My 2.63 config lines generate 65 --lint warnings on my desktop. Neither operation seems affected by these warnings. Bob Menschel
