On 2/12/13 12:41 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 5:37 PM, Hagar Delest <hagar.del...@laposte.net> > wrote: >> Le 11/02/2013 22:46, Rob Weir a écrit : >>> >>> My impression was that even if we made no changes, from the user's >>> perspective, they would lose all extensions. This is due to the >>> change in base directory for the profile. So all extensions would be >>> lost and need to be reinstalled. So there will be no doubt in the >>> user's mind, even if they do not read the release notes, that the >>> extensions are gone. >>> [...] >>> >>> Again, my impression is that users will lose their extensions and need >>> to reinstall them, even if we do not make any API changes. >>> [...] >>> >>> I think a "clean break" with the past profile helps us avoid the >>> current generation of crash issues. We get to start clean rather than >>> deal with the many upgrade paths: >> >> >> No real problem with reinstalling extensions after a major upgrade, I've >> done that too. >> But there is a difference between the mere inconvenience of reinstalling >> extensions and losing them completely (waiting that someone dare update >> them). >> > > Is that what we're really facing? Are you saying that extension > author will not update their extensions if they become incompatible? > Is that what we think? > > I agree that this would be a bad situation. But is it the likely > situation we would face? The authors of the top extensions would not > update?
If that is the case than we can stop to talk about extensions at all. I would not spent any further minute to make the life of extension developers easier. Juergen
