Re: [mantisbt-dev] Fwd: [mantisbt-commits] [mantisbt/mantisbt] 3715bf: Fixes #16833: Remove show_avatar_threshold config ...

[Damien R. <dr...@ma...>]

On 2014-01-18 02:49, Victor Boctor wrote:
> We can move to just a threshold.  But it is hard to do so without having
> a side effect for existing users.  For example, instances that have
> feature enabled and used default threshold - now they will get the new
> default of NOBODY which will turn off the feature.

I agree that the compatibility with older versions would be a potential 
issue.

I think we should tackle this by covering this in the admin checks 
(obsolete variables and suggested replacements), and making the 
execution of the admin checks a mandatory step of the upgrade process (I 
think we've discussed this in the past)