Jyri Virkki wrote: > Sriram Natarajan wrote: >> 1) What is the level of incompatibility between minor releases. Based on >> Apache 2.0 and Apache 2.2 >> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/upgrading.html >> >> It seems to me that the incompatibility between these minor releases is >> not very much a big deal and can be handled with a post install script. >> Do you guys agree ? > > IMO that is indeed a key question.
> This does assume 2.2 interfaces are Uncommitted. They could be made > Volatile in which case the above issue is not an issue as far as > stability contracts (of course it still results in an annoyed user). > But there has been reclutance in using Volatile. This was precisely the assumption made when Apache 2.0.x was first integrated in Solaris: that Minor/Micro Apache releases will stay binary compatible. Turned out not to be the case. Do we want to go down that road again ? --Stefan -- Stefan Teleman Sun Microsystems, Inc. Stefan.Teleman at Sun.COM
