[Zope-dev] RFC: Proposed backward-compatibility policy

[Andreas Jung]

--On Mittwoch, 27. Oktober 2004 9:49 Uhr -0400 Jim Fulton <jim at zope.com> 
wrote:
> 3. It is very important to catch backward compatibility problems
>     during development of new releases.   In particular, it is
>     important to test new Zope releases before they are released in
>     final form.  If a backward-compatibility problem is found before
>     the final release, it will be considered a bug and will be fixed
>     (by adding backward compatibility support) if at all possible
>     before the final release.  After the final release, we may choose
>     not to bother to fix backward-compatibility problems.  Consumers of
>     Zope have a right to backward compatibility, but they also have a
>     responsibility to test Zope against their applications during the
>     beta release cycle (or sooner) to make sure their applications
>     work.

""""Consumers of  Zope have a right to backward compatibility"""

Consumers of Zope also have the duty to test beta releases! A lot of people
are waiting the final release before trying it for a variety of reasons. So 
why
do be do beta releases? :-)

-aj