Martijn Tonies wrote:

>>>For Fb 2, the ODS is bumped already?
>>
>>Tell this to the people already using FB2 in development/production :-)
>
> What
>
>>should they get? Your ODS 11.0 database is not compatible with the current
>>ODS version 11.0? :-) Or should the engine just crash reading their
>>databases?
>>
>>We already made a couple of incompatible ODS changes (all belonging to
>
> 11.0)
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>>during the Alpha stage. I would hate to see more now.
>
>
> Hmm, although I understand the issue with the no-so-clear error messages
> and the usual approach of ONLY doing real changes in Alpha... Think about
> the current issues with blobs. Is this an error? Yes. Can it be fixed? Yes.
> Is Fb 2 B1 a release version? No, it's a beta.
>
> Now, if fixing this bug requires ODS12, then so be it... :-)
>

There many errors in any software. Certainly, they may be fixed, but
sometimes it's desired to have releases of software. Switching to new
ODS may significantly delay fb2 release.