On Wed, 1 May 2002, Sander Striker wrote:
> > -1 on anything which
> > -> shows in the output of AB of versions of AB which -can-
> > be compared different version numbers
> > or
> > -> which shows in the output of AB identical version numbers
> > even though the results cannot be compared.
>
> This double veto* implies that it must be 'just right'.
Doing things right is always good.
In case of doubt - either revert to the Apache 1.3 situation -or- move it
out of the three.
Having results which suggest they are comparable when they are not - or
results which are comparable suggestion they are not is just a good idea
for a tool which is used widely to do exactly that.
I agree that people should not use AB that way - and use things like flood
or specweb. And that makes moving the tool out attractive.
Do not forget that apache 1.3 had a
#define VERSION "1.3d"
living in it since 1996 - and that worked just fine. 2.0 is going to be as
good or better.
Dw
