Hi!
Avi Bryant avi.bryant@gmail.com wrote:
On Jul 10, 2006, at 12:42 PM, Lukas Renggli wrote:
To improve software, it is required to break backward compatibility. Nobody is forcing you to move to a new version.
True. Though if few enough people are moving to new versions as they come out, it's not a very good sign.
Indeed, indeed. As I often say "remember the 3.3 branch". Noone moved in, because it was an uncomfortable image to move into, and thus it died (at least that was an important part).
Just as a data point: everything we do at Smallthought is based on a stripped 3.7 image. Every few months I download a 3.9 image and play with it for about 15 minutes, but the reality is that what happens in 3.9 simply doesn't affect us. If we're an exceptional case, it's probably not a big deal, but if it turns out that lots of others are doing the same thing, it would be worrying.
Avi
As a datapoint I work in 3.8. I will try to move to 3.9 when it seems fruititious - but I probably will not work in it until Seaside, Magma and a few other important pieces are stabilized in it.
My first job in that department would be to give KomHttpServer a 3.9 overhaul of course.
regards, Göran