On 10/10/09, Per Inge Mathisen <perxxx...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think the "network incompatible" story is a red herring. People
>  should NEVER play with different versions of the game, period. This is
>  asking for trouble, unless all the changes between the two versions
>  are purely cosmetic or crash fixes. Since the game is based on peer to
>  peer algorithms, playing with different versions/features will lead to
>  off-sync. Most releases IIRC add some things are not pure crash fixes,
>  yet we do not bump the minor version number. What we should do is make
>  all releases network incompatible, like almost all other RTS games do
>  it. The minor version number should be reserved for savegame
>  incompatibility. The major version number should be reserved for
>  mod/map incompatibility.
>
>  This means, 2.2.4 should go forward, and trunk should become 2.3. IMHO.
>

I couldn't have said it better.

I still plan to release 2.2.4 this weekend, unless someone can come up
with a very good reason not to.

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