Re: [Rails-devel] Keeping compatibility (was: Test report: 1835 in Rails 1.5.1)

[Erik V. <eri...@xs...>]

I have added a new section to the Wiki main page, called "Plans", with a
link to a new sub-page called "Legacy clean-ups".
In that new page I have started to describe changes that are on the
wish-list but have been postponed as these would cause saved game
compatibility problems.
The goal is to have a to-do list handy whenever we decide to build a new
version that is no longer compatible.

See also my separate mail in response to John David Galt.

Erik

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefan Frey [mailto:ste...@we...]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 6:38 PM
> To: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
> Subject: Re: [Rails-devel] Keeping compatibility (was: Test report: 1835
in
> Rails 1.5.1)
> 
> My current roadmap is to allow at least reading the save file fomat of the
> Rails 1.x series for Rails 2.0 to keep test games for the major
redesigning.
> 
> When to introduce a new file format  used to write save files is open and
can
> be 2.0 but it is also possible that it will occur later.
> 
> 
> > This consideration has so far kept me from removing such actions.  The
one
> > case I once did has caused me a lot of trouble.
> >
> > Ultimately we will have to bite the bullet.  There is already quite some
> > compatibility code that I would like to get rid of as well. Would it be
an
> > idea to set this as a goal for Rails 2.0?  Or 2.1?  Remember: it means
> > that we will have to rebuild all test cases.  Not just those in the
> > repository.
> >
> > Erik.