> >>>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)
> >
> >>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.

If that is the majority vote (which I can understand), then so be it.

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