On Nov 3, 2011, at 2:43 AM, Stefan Fritsch wrote: > On Fri, 28 Oct 2011, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: >> I think 2.4.0 GA at AC is destined to be a "dot zero" release (most >> emphasis on the zero, as in null). Not suggesting we don't do it, >> simply that nobody, including yourself, will be at liberty to change >> scoreboard datum, api interfaces, etc. >> >> Are we anywhere near that level of commitment to trunk? It would be >> rather sad if 2.4.0 was ditched for 2.6.0. Just look to the recent >> perl releases for examples of such instability. > > What are opinions about adding some fields to structs for extensions that > seem like a good idea but have not been written yet. This would then allow to > add them during the lifetime of 2.4.x with only a minor MMN bump.
Not sure what you mean... we've added additional fields, always at the end of the struct, during releases with just a minor MMN bump before.
