Re: [glob2-devel] bugs in latest version

[Stéphane Magnenat]

On Wednesday 04 July 2007 11:44:05 Kieran P wrote:
> Its one of those things that only happens on rare occasions. Afterall, no
> packages in the future will have the old maps. Any code from mercurial now
> pulls the new. Its only if you had an old copy of the code and synced
> files. It shouldn't happen again ;)

The reality is far more problematic than the ideal situation you are 
presenting. For instance, players might have maps they have done themselves 
stored locally (in .glob2/). In fact, I do not see how to update maps to new 
format if they make glob2 crash.

Some time ago, I was skeptical of rewrites. Now they are done and I have no 
intention to open the debate again. I just want to remind that doing a 
rewrite is the sufficient to have the same feature-set, it is necessary to 
ensure a smooth transition, even if it means writing unsexy compatibility 
code.

Have a nice day,

Steph

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