No worries, I welcome the feedback.
The only possible drawback to hard-coding to a particular version is that we
cannot test every single version between 2.s and 2.x each release - it would
take weeks to do so (150-73 = 77 versions!). So, it is possible that an
older version of the JS can acquire bugs later. This could only happen if
there was a change in the server output for a service (like geocoding,
directions, or GGeoXml) that was incompatible with the JS in that particular
version. We wouldn't make these changes on purpose, and we consider them a
bug if such things occur, but it has happened twice in my time here.

So, in conclusion, with a web API that's both client+server, you can never
rely entirely on the API not changing, but you can get pretty close - and
hardcoding to a version # is likely the closest you'll come.

- pamela


On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Tom NY <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Thanks Pamela. As I said in the other thread, I'm not complaining but
> just trying to come with ideas to help avoid another problem.
>
> I think hard-coding to a version is a very good solution.  The current
> version of 2.s was released over a year ago which means that
> developers can limit their upgrades to quarterly, for example, and not
> have to worry about being hurried into a new API release.
> >
>

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