This state of affiars has certainly had an effect on peoples perception of
using the product when it first comes out. For myself I will have had to
test regressing data from a 6.0 dialect 1 back to a 5.6 installation before
_ANY_ live data is on 6.0.

JAC.

----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Starkey <jas@...>
To: <IB-Architect@egroups.com>; <IB-Architect@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: [IB-Architect] Backward compatability with previous versions of
gdb files


> At 01:10 PM 4/30/00 -0700, Bill Karwin wrote:
> >
> >If it's feasible to do so, I think it'd be great for IB 6.x (where x >
> >0) to add this capability. However, I would prefer to see 6.0 be
> >released _without_ this capability, just so folks can use it. If we
> >demand more features from IB 6.0, it'll just delay its release. I don't
> >think it's too complex or unreasonable to require a gbak&restore to
> >migrate one's databases to IB6 (dialect 1).
> >
>
> I beg to differ, sir. I think an installation that breaks
> existing systems is utterly unacceptable. One of the original
> design goals of the DSRI (DEC Standard Relational Interface)
> from which OSRI derived was to allow rolling upgrades -- that
> a installation would never EVER breaking running systems.
>
> To break with this policy in the name of "quality assurance"
> begs the question of the meaning of "quality."
>
> I am very sorry this happened. I will do what I can to see
> the current situation rectified and the practice never repeated
> in the future.
>
> Jim Starkey
>
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