On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Yuri Astrakhan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Brad, I agree with the overall drawbacks of having a version system, but
> the only alternative is to have a converting layer on top of the regular API
> that will change things on the fly if the request had a different version
> number. This would solve the hypothetical security issue - only one API to
> check, but will more likely cause stability problems - it is much easier to
> mess up in the additional layer than in the specific module that understands
> the change.

Please do expand on the list of pros.

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