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| 2 | title: 'Version release and the file format' | ||||
| 3 | date: 2001-09-19 00:00:00 | ||||
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| 7 | <p>I have had some negeative feedback (valid though) in regards to new releases not | ||||
| 8 | supporting older file formats. </p> | ||||
| 9 | <p>Some comments made have been that the releases have been minor and that the file | ||||
| 10 | format should not change for such a minor release. </p> | ||||
| 11 | <p>They have been minor releases, but alot has changed in the code. This change in | ||||
| 12 | code has occurred to allow future improvements in the program to be made easier | ||||
| 13 | and thus meaning future features added quicker. </p> | ||||
| 14 | <p>The file format used at the moment was never meant to be a permanent format. | ||||
| 15 | The program will be changed for version 2.0 to use XMI, the standard for UML | ||||
| 16 | diagrams. </p> | ||||
| 17 | <p>I therefore need your opinion on the way the program should be released. There | ||||
| 18 | are two ways I'm looking at now. </p> | ||||
| 19 | <p><b>1 -</b> Release one more 1.x version to iron out the bugs and only release | ||||
| 20 | future 1.x versions as bug fixes and leave the file format static. </p> | ||||
| 21 | <p>The developers would then start on the 2.0 branch which would not be released | ||||
| 22 | for a couple of months. This would use the XMI file format and also have code | ||||
| 23 | to support the old file format of 1.x. </p> | ||||
| 24 | <p>This would mean you would not get new features as quick unless you used the CVS | ||||
| 25 | version. But it would mean that the files you create would be able to be loaded | ||||
| 26 | with any future versions. </p> | ||||
| 27 | <p><b>2 -</b> The other way we can go is to keep going as we are, but this would | ||||
| 28 | mean the file format would keep changing, but you would get new features | ||||
| 29 | quicker. </p> | ||||
| 30 | <p>I am leaning towards the first option, as you get the best of both worlds. A | ||||
| 31 | stable file format and if you want the new features you can use the CVS | ||||
| 32 | version (which will be kept stable).</p> | ||||
| 33 | <p>Please let me know what you think.</p> | ||||