Re: [RFC_v3] Handling Backwards Compatibility in PEAR [hopefully the final draft]
| From: | Pierre-Alain Joye | Date: | Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:58:40 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC_v3] Handling Backwards Compatibility in PEAR [hopefully the final draft] | ||
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:54:54 +0200
"Lukas Smith" <smith@backendmedia.com> wrote:
> Well your argument can be taken both ways.
> So if there is no problem time when it an upgrade is released, why is
> it that running a simple regexp is such a huge deal?
Fully agreed, run the regexp yourself and do not add crap to every
single PEAR installation :)
> You also state that major version upgrades don't happen often. However
> when they happen and you want to upgrade to that new major version you
> have to touch your code anyways to reflect the changes that have been
> made. So a regexp is really not the reason you will not do it.
Same as before
pierre