On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 09:17:07PM -0500, Isaac Richards wrote: > On Thursday 27 January 2005 09:02 pm, David Engel wrote: > > I suggest the guideline that database items be obsolete for at least > > two releases before they get removed. For example, anything that was > > last used in 0.15, can't be removed until 0.17 is released. > > How do you handle data whose meaning changes, though?
The best you can do is try to make your changes backward compatible. That's not always possible and is why I used "guideline" instead of "rule". As has been said before, the only safe way to be able to downgrade after an upgrade is to backup your database. David -- David Engel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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