Re: New versions of Formbuilder

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:03:53 +0100, Rodrigo Alvarez Fernández <papipo@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, Justin Patrin <papercrane@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:59:02 +0100, Rodrigo Alvarez <papipo@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Rodrigo Alvarez wrote: > > > > Hi PEARs, > > > > > > > > I have some sites using FormBuilder 0.11.1, since there are some new > > > > versions, I must know if upgrading would result in broken scripts, and > > > > which features/bugfixes must I take into serious consideration. > > > > > > > > There should be no changes to FormBuilder that will break your > > scripts. We're trying not to break BC. If something does fail let us > > know so that we can address it. > > > > > > > > Sorry for the auto-reply. The above applies to DB_DataObject and > > > Structures_Datagrid updates from last days of January (my las update, > > > more or less). > > > > > > > I'm not sure I understand this. You asked about FormBuilder and are > > now asking about DG and DO. DataGrid isn't related to FormBuilder at > > all (unless you're using my Frontend). DataObject had some crippling > > bugs in the last few releases if you were using mysql and > > quote_identifiers, but they've been addressed (to my knowledge). > > > > My english is the worst. I haven't updated FB, DO and DG since about > two months ago. The question was if any upgrade of them would ruin my > scripts. > PEAR packages always try to avoid Backwards Compatibility (BC) breaks, meaning that any upgrades should not break scripts. Alpha and beta packages are, however, allowed to break BC, although beta packages need a good reason to do it. The upshot of this is that if you upgrade a stable package it should never break your scripts. It happens, but when it does you can submit a bug report and the package is usually fixed within a few days (or even hours). For an example, look at all of the recent DB_DataObject releases :-). Most beta packages also keep BC pretty well. If you're worried check the changelogs of the packages you're upgrading. Any BC breaking changes should be listed (if they aren't PEAR-QA should be notified). And you can always check in a development setting to make sure the upgrades work. :-) -- Justin Patrin