On Thursday 24 July 2003 22:12, Leyne, Sean wrote:

> Yves,
>
> > Now my questions:
> >
> > - Will FB1.5 replace the 1.0 branch and receive bugfixes/security
> > updates in the future (even when FB2.0 wil lbe around)?
>
> It is the goal of the project to backport major security patches
> and/or fixes to all branches -- within practical reason.
>
> The 1.0 branch/module will remain 'forever', the code will not be
> removed. It may, however, get locked down into 'maintenance' or
> read-only mode.
>
> The fact that the v1.5 code base has been dramatically changed from
> v1.0 makes some backports not possible.
>
> Backporting from v2.0 to v1.5, should be much more feasible, but not
> guaranteed.
>
> All this being said, like the v1.0 release, v1.5+ will eventually get
> 'left behind'.
>
> > - Will FB1.5 stay compatible with the 16bit bde through gds.dll?
> > (somehow I feel bad asking this question in 2003... dunno
> > why...;)
>
> There is no plan for a major change the client protocol, which would
> break existing installs, until v2.0. So your current GDS.dll support
> should remain unchanged.

Thank you very much Sean, so I can install FB1.5 with a good feeling,

regards,
Yves

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