On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:54:29 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Robert Kaiser wrote:
>> 2) We already know now that 2.1 will not be able to import all the data >> from 1.x profiles like 2.0 can, as toolkit development removed some of >> the old import code already. >> > That sounds a lot like "you have to get on the bus now," the alternative > being > "go back to Baltimore and start over again as a virgin." (E.B.Griswald) You have it exactly right, except that some of the Toolkit devs were, er, far more blunt and somewhat disdainful when they said that to us. > Dropping support for migration this soon seems likely to leave more users on > 1.1.xx than to force users to migrate before 2.0 has been out long enough to > knock off the rough edges. Even Microsoft gave up trying to force upgrade by > beating with a stick, you can still go from XP to Win7, and old applications > from before XP still work (for the most part). It isn't us (SeaMonkey developers) that need to be told this :( Phil -- Philip Chee <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ http://xsidebar.mozdev.org Guard us from the she-wolf and the wolf, and guard us from the thief, oh Night, and so be good for us to pass. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
