Eric Lemings wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Sebor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 4:21 PM
To: stdcxx-dev@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: svn commit: r574618 - in
/incubator/stdcxx/trunk: README configure.bat generate.bat
Since this change affects a user interface to the library I think
we should provide a migration path for the transition to the new
interface. I suggest we keep generate.bat but make it a symbolic
link to configure.bat and deprecate it so that it can be removed
in 4.3.
Martin
Migration paths are almost always A Good Thing and I agree: a link is a
good idea. However, I just want to point out that these Windows files
were only present in one whole release of STDCXX. I doubt backward
compatibility is a serious hurdle in this particular case. :-P
You're probably right, but adding the link is cheap and, IMO, worth
the peace of mind that we won't be breaking anyone's code, no matter
how unlikely the breakage is. Plus, it will give us the opportunity
to exercise our deprecation policy! ;-)
Martin
