Hi, On 4/11/2018 10:46 AM, Jean-Pierre Ledure wrote: > Le 10/04/18 à 22:36, Wols Lists a écrit : >> On 10/04/18 16:55, Jean-Pierre Ledure wrote: >>> Does this mean that once a .odb file containing an embedded HSQLDB >>> database is opened in LO 6.1 there is no way back ? That file cannot be >>> accessed anymore by a LO <= 6.0 user ? Is this acceptable ? >> It's normal to update the on-disk format, with the inevitable consequence >> that old versions of the program cannot access newer versions of data. >> > When the database conversion is automatic without a fault back scenario, > then the software has at least to *GUARANTEE* that there will be neither > data loss nor functional loss afterwards.
Well - the "*GUARANTEE*" part sounds ... funny (even comparing with "guarantee" level offered by paid support from some industry-leading corporations); but there's a point: I don't know how is it implemented now, but I see how a user might be concerned when one opens one's DB with a newer SW and gets a converted data without warnings or backups. So we should actually provide either one or the other. Id doesn't matter if one wants "guarantees"; but it does if one gets unexpected incompatibilities - e.g., one may work with one's data using different software on different occasions, etc. -- Best regards, Mike Kaganski _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
