I think we are not that concerned about users that have upgraded to
0.23.1. I think we have been clear in communicating the intent with
stable/unstable releases.
/Linus
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Tarling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: den 23 september 2006 23:27
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [argouml-dev] Keeping zargo file compatible with previous
> versions of ArgoUML
>
> Okay, I accept that we should wait here until we understand better
what
> to do.
>
> I'll could reinstate the persisters as of 0.22 but we may now have
> problems with those who may have saved using release 0.23.1. How
> concerned should I be about that?
>
>
>
> On 9/23/06, Tom Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Linus suggested:
> >
> > > Make and maintain a Diagram Interchange model for MOF 1.4 (or
> > > as close to the real thing as possible). Load it into the
> > > current version of MDR, the one we have installed. XMI and
> > > load and save are generated from MDR with old versions.
> > >
> > > This would solve the file compatibility and saving and
> > > loading problems but we still haven't made the transition to
> > > UML 2.0 and we're still non-standard.
> >
> > I don't understand how this is any different from wedging PGML into
XMI
> or
> > any other ArgoUML proprietary approach. Swapping one proprietary
> approach
> > for another has no advantage that I can see. It causes us to waste
> effort
> > on an evolutionary dead end throw away piece of code, It doesn't
> improve
> > interchange with other tools. It replaces a set of known problems
with
> a
> > new set of unknown problems.
> >
> > Our current proprietary approach, for all of its problems, is at
least a
> > known quantity. The only way I'd support replacing it with a
different
> > proprietary approach of our own crafting would be if it was clear
that
> it
> > was going to be at least two years before we could get to a standard
UML
> 2.x
> > Diagram Interchange.
> >
> > We've made due with PGML for 5+ years. Why the sudden rush to
replace
> it
> > with something that will have a lifetime measured in months?
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
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