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

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