Agreed, Miles. If I can get confirmation that the differences mentioned in this thread are the only differences, I can update that page in the docs.
And yes, this is totally self-interest here. I just started up a trunk build with a 2.0.x data dir, and now it won't start with my 2.0.2 GeoServer anymore. :( Thanks, Mike Pumphrey OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org On 10/12/2010 12:36 AM, Miles Jordan wrote: > Justin Deoliveira wrote: >> If we want forwards compatibility like this the easiest thing to do (afaik) >> is to backport the new fields to the various config objects on trunk back >> to 2.0.x, of course leaving them unused. And also tell xstream to ignore >> them on serializatsion. Unfortunately it won't listen to ignoring them on >> deserialization which is why they are needed in the first place. > > For me with my user hat on I don't think backward compatibility is really > needed. The important thing is that people know that there is no guarantee > that there will be any. Probably a statement on the "migrating" doc page will > be enough, i.e. > http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/datadirectory/migrating.html > > Regards, > > Miles > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > Australian Antarctic Division - Commonwealth of Australia > IMPORTANT: This transmission is intended for the addressee only. If you are > not the > intended recipient, you are notified that use or dissemination of this > communication is > strictly prohibited by Commonwealth law. If you have received this > transmission in error, > please notify the sender immediately by e-mail or by telephoning +61 3 6232 > 3209 and > DELETE the message. > Visit our web site at http://www.antarctica.gov.au/ > ___________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb _______________________________________________ Geoserver-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users
