I think the standard user won't read our release notes, and won't know that the axe will fall, be it in 10.4 or 10.5. And I think you're right, the longer we wait, the more users will be impacted.
David On Jan 14, 2008 10:44 AM, Kathey Marsden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rick Hillegas wrote: > > The system privileges work (DERBY-2109) will introduce a compatibility > > issue for 10.4. > Thank you Rick for bringing up this issue. > > > > > 1) If the customer has written their own security policy file (the > > usual and recommended situation), then the customer will need to add > > some extra permissions to that policy file. > > > The need to change the policy file at the end user site is one of the > most disruptive upgrade requirements and I feel will discourage or cause > problems with upgrade, so I think should be done incrementally. Perhaps > we could have a strong warning for 10.4 and then make the policy file > change a requirement for 10.5. Of course one could argue that delaying > the pain would just mean more users are likely to be hit, so it will > be interesting to see what the feedback from others is. > > Kathey > > > -- David W. Van Couvering http://davidvancouvering.blogspot.com
