2016-10-25 11:49 GMT+02:00 DelazJ <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > > 2016-10-25 11:41 GMT+02:00 Nyall Dawson <[email protected]>: > >> On 25 Oct 2016 7:37 PM, "Geo DrinX" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Good morning, >> > >> > >> > we have seen that the new QGIS 2.18 reports a warning when opens a >> .qgs project file, >> > reporting that it is an old version, and saving again, it could be >> incompatible with old versions of QGIS. >> > >> > We are asking what is the reason for this. Could you explain us ? >> >> There's no backward compatibility in qgs files. If you upgrade them then >> they won't necessarily be the same in earlier versions. Sometimes they >> won't be openable at all in earlier versions. Hence the warning. >> >> This is not a new feature. It has always been the case when you open a > project with a newer qgis version. >
Oh yes, it's true ! You are right. I tested. :( So I am asking: what is the reason why we did this ? What you call "feature" is a problem for all those who need to share data with users who have an older version of QGIS, for one reason or another. I am wrong ? What do you think ? Regards Geo > Regards, > Harrissou > >> > >> > BTW, there is a function for saving the .qgs file in a previous >> version ? >> >> No, nothing like that exists. >> >> Nyall >> >> > >> > >> > Thank you >> > >> > Geo >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Qgis-developer mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> > Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-developer mailing list >> [email protected] >> List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> > >
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