[tahoe-dev] v1.5 here we come!

David-Sarah Hopwood david-sarah at jacaranda.org
Wed Jun 10 21:41:25 PDT 2009


Zooko O'Whielacronx wrote:
> I also hope to do something for "backwards-compatibility" issues like
> #708 and #731.

Just a nitpick, but aren't both of these actually "forward compatibility"
issues?

Forward compatibility:
ensuring that current code will not be broken by anticipated future changes
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_compatibility>

Backward compatibility:
ensuring that a change does not break expectations of old code
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_compatibility>

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