Den 2012-03-06 11:07 skrev Mark Rotteveel såhär: > On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 07:14:44 -0300, "Claudio Valderrama C." > <cva...@usa.net> > wrote: >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Kjell Rilbe [mailto:kjell.ri...@datadia.se] >>> Sent: Martes, 06 de Marzo de 2012 6:55 >>>> Isn't it about time to drop support for dialect 1? >>> Yes. But I'm sure there will be objections. I'd say the world moves >>> forward - if you don't want it to, that's your problem - live >>> with it! >>> Meaning: if you really want to stay at dialect 1, then fine >>> with me, but >>> then live with the implications, e.g. staying with an old >>> version of FB. >> And what do you suggest to do with backups of dialect 1 databases? >> Refuse to restore them? >> Try to fix stored procedures, triggers and views? > Quite simple: refuse to restore dialect 1 database with a clear error > message and advise people to migrate their database to dialect 3 on > Firebird 2.5 or earlier. IMHO This should have happened earlier (eg with > Firebird 2). Dropping this kind of deprecated baggage would be a good > thing; especially as there is an alternative for people still using dialect > 1 (afaik 12+ years after it was deprecated in favor of dialect 3).
Exactly! In a world where computers and software evolve at blazing speed it seems rather much to request that a software such as Firebird be 12+ years backwards compatible. I might accept to keep the last dialect 1 supporting version to be kept alive a little while longer, for *very* critical bug fixes. For the rest: move *forward*! Kjell -- -------------------------------------- Kjell Rilbe DataDIA AB E-post: kj...@datadia.se Telefon: 08-761 06 55 Mobil: 0733-44 24 64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
