I repeat my comments that while V6 is 'pure beta', V5 must be fully maintained and no-one should be encouraged to migrate to it, particularly in light of my simple testing today.
Angus -------- Original Message -------- *Subject:* Re: [twsocket] ICS October Version (planned) *From:* "Francois Piette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *To:* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Date:* Tue, 5 Sep 2006 13:40:26 +0200 > Abandoning support for old compilers did not mean changing every unit > name while keeping the same classes, making it impossible to do an > orderly conversion of a dozen ICS applications. Instead every > application has to be tediously changed, involving hundreds of units. Please reread the messages I posted about V6 design consideration months ago. The question remains open if the units should preserve the original names (8 characters for D1 compatibility !) or be changed. In a first step I changed the unit names to have less headache to switch between versions. This is not a definitive choice. I also raised the idea about a conversion tool (simple search and replace engine). V6 is still a pure beta. You should jump into the train if you want to influence it before the first release. Currently we can still change almost everything since it is a pure beta. Once V6 has been released, at least the interface will be frozen. > Having to change code in those hundreds of units to cater for property > changes that have no benefit to those units is simply non-productive and > wasted development time. There is currently no (or almost no) property change between V5 and V6. > An old version 5 could simply have been left on the web site for > download by people wanting to use Delphi 4 or earlier. That will be the case but for anything below Delphi 7 since V6 will start with D7 support. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Auteur du freeware ICS - Internet Component Suite Auteur du freeware MidWare - Multi-tiers framework http://www.overbyte.be -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
