Re: [AD] official beta (Re namespace again)

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On October 31, 2001 04:04 am, you wrote:
> If you're going to freeze a version of the old API I reckon it should be
> just that: freeze it and abandon it, tell people to switch API if they want
> something that is being actively maintained. Otherwise you will have a
> nightmare doing support for multiple versions way off into the future. It's
> a safe bet that 90% of bug reports would never bother to mention what
> version they were using, and it's hard to always insist people use the most
> recent if there is such an important reason to go on using and old one! And
> could be confusing for users if there are multiple 'current' versions on
> the website, with different reasons to download either. Much simpler IMHO
> if people can always just download a single latest version, know they will
> be able to get support only for that, and then just have a configure option
> to select which API they want to compile it for...
>

I could swear that what most people were going for... Which is my vote.

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Thomas Fjellstrom
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