On 15/01/2010, at 1:45 PM, Brett Porter wrote: > > On 15/01/2010, at 12:42 PM, Benjamin Bentmann wrote: > >> Brett Porter wrote: >> >>> Perhaps we might only do it for 3.0 if that's the case (esp. since this has >>> a very minor chance of incompatibility if the property is in use). >> >> Why has the version to be locked down in the first place? Is it to prevent >> usage of a snapshot version? If so, I don't think this applies to 3.0 as it >> prefers RELEASE over LATEST. > > Ah, I had forgotten about that. That was probably the main reason, but it is > also valuable to protect the releases. I think these were ones we got bitten > by before: > http://markmail.org/message/if6sbrsvr2zrvkta > http://markmail.org/message/fgopqlnnhuecfmnq > > We are likely more careful with the releases, but as it's something that > immediately affects all users on a new release, it's probably a little > disconcerting.
Benjamin, others - any further thoughts on this? I'm still inclined towards adding it. - Brett -- Brett Porter [email protected] http://brettporter.wordpress.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
