Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: versioning scheme

[Karsten Hilbert]

> James> Presently it is the 0.3 level (first decimal place) which is the
> James> major version thus a forcing up to 0.4 implies a major
> James> enhancement to what the client can do when the needed database
> James> change only enabled something small like non- mandatory date of
> James> birth
> 
> Breaking format of the database is, imho, of major concern no matter how
> big/small the change is.
That is why we a) keep the db version number simple and b) make the client 
painstakingly CHECK
the database schema version when it tries to connect.

Karsten

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