https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32863

--- Comment #10 from badon <[email protected]> 2012-01-09 02:21:48 UTC ---
Too late, there are already breaking changes. Here's a description of one of
them I have found:

http://wikimedia.7.n6.nabble.com/Semantic-Result-Formats-1-7-released-td2799845.html#a3504612

It appears the outline format may also be broken, but that was reported to me
by someone else, I haven't tested it myself yet.

I consider SMW to still be immature, so I kind of expect breaking changes from
time to time, even though they can be frustrating, especially when they're
sprung on us by surprise with no warning or documentation. In addition to
warnings and documentation, I'd also like to see suggested changes to bring
everything up to the current version. It may even be possible to script those
changes, to make the upgrades painless. In the situation I discovered (linked
above), I think it would be straightforward to find those kinds of affected
queries, and automatically convert them to 1.7 queries.

As SMW gradually becomes more mature, there will be an increasing need to
either maintain backwards compatibility, plan for obsolescence, and provide
upgrade paths that can do the mass changes necessary to keep things compatible
with the current version.

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