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

David Engel gigem at comcast.net
Thu Jan 27 23:30:42 EST 2005


On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 09:17:07PM -0500, Isaac Richards wrote:
> On Thursday 27 January 2005 09:02 pm, David Engel wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> How do you handle data whose meaning changes, though?

The best you can do is try to make your changes backward compatible.
That's not always possible and is why I used "guideline" instead of
"rule".  As has been said before, the only safe way to be able to
downgrade after an upgrade is to backup your database.

David
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David Engel
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