Re: Final version, RFC release process

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote: > hi, > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Dmitry Stogov <dmitry@zend.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> In my opinion a restriction "API compatibility must be kept (internals and >> userland)" for x.y.z to x.y+1.z is too strict. It just can block some new >> features forever. > > btw, new APIs do not break API or API. I mean API or ABI. > I do not think we should allow BC breaks between x.y and x.y+1. That's > counter productive and prevent users to migrate easily and quicker. > That's the whole point of having more frequent releases. We could allow BC break internally, using your wording, but that's something I do not like either. -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org