From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Sutton To: pst@juniper.net Cc: rickm@vsl.com, bmanson@juniper.net, gnats-devel@sourceware.cygnus.com, bug-gnats@gnu.org Subject: Re: proclamation of intent Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 05:23:00 -0000 Message-id: <9908241228.AA11182@llcoolj.dayton.saic.com> References: <199908182013.NAA02379@tristam.juniper.net> <19990823102706.G2342@red.juniper.net> X-SW-Source: 1999-q3/msg00022.html >>>>> "Paul" == Paul Traina writes: > If we're backwards compatible with 3.x's API's and GNATS socket > interface, I'm cool with calling it 3.300. However I note that > we have a unique opportunity to clean up some of the additional > configuration mess that has occured over the years (e.g. gnatsd > config files are a nightmare) and if we want to make backwards > incompatible changes, we should do a 4.0 beta release. I vote for a 4.0 release. Lots of things have changed since 3.2. This would also provide a nice clean break point where some of the backward compatibilities could be dropped. My $0.02 Mike Sutton | public class SAIC | software_failure : management_failure Beavercreek, OH | Suttonm@saic.com | These are MY opinions, not SAIC's