[mythtv] Re: [mythtv-commits] mythtv commits

[David Engel]

On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 03:23:36PM -0800, Bruce Markey wrote:
> Nigel Pearson wrote:
> >    Agreed, but as long as it is targetted for removal
> >some time in the future, the impact is minimal?
> 
> Not knowing what issues may come up, I think it would be good
> for the users who try to upgrade to 0.17 to still have access
> to the data in these tables. If they are stable and go on to CVS
> after the release then there there should be no issue with
> dropping the unused tables IMO.

I suggest the guideline that database items be obsolete for at least
two releases before they get removed.  For example, anything that was
last used in 0.15, can't be removed until 0.17 is released.

David
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