Re: [Gnumed-devel] Gnumed-update

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:04:12AM -0700, Jim Busser wrote:

> >That's easy to know (for the initiated, I know):
> >
> >- bug fix releases at most require database fixups
> >- branch upgrades require a database upgrade (for the time being)
> >
> >>the point is they cannot simply
> >>download the new client and expect it to work.
> >
> >Within a branch - yes, they can. Across branches, no.
> 
> Within a branch - yes ... *only* if it is not a bug-fix release that
> may require a database fixup, therefore it *is* possible that even
> within a branch, a user cannot *necessarily* download a new client
> and expect it to work.

Well, according to Murphy's Law this is bound to happen.

Karsten
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