On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 08:09 -0600, Leif Hedstrom wrote: > > How about we do this for 2.2 (this is basically a summary of your ideas): >
I'm in favor of that plan, thanks for responding. One more thing to think about when the time comes to break compatibility in a new major release. Doing so will give people a reason not to upgrade, which is definitely not what you want. :) That kind of inertia can be overwhelming - how long did it take for apache server 2.x to finally supplant 1.x in installations? 1.x had to be maintained with fixes for years because 2.x wasn't a viable upgrade path for lots of users. If it hasn't been a pain in practice to keep the interfaces alive during 2.x then you might just be inventing a headache instead of removing one. In any event, the relative merits of all that can be better balanced when 3.0 comes along in the future. -Patrick
