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Subject: Re: [docbook] Re: Policy on backwards incompatible changes
Justus-bulk@Piater.name wrote: > Are backwards-incompatible changes really that destructive? Nobody > forces anyone to upgrade their documents. One can easily install > multiple versions of DocBook schemas in parallel. In contrast, > maintaining multiple versions of stylesheets (to customize) is a pain. Agreed, if you do it knowingly. It's doing it without realising that *can* be a pain. Even then only if you happen to use a feature lost/changed in the upgrade. > > It seems to me that the real issue, rather than incompatible schema > changes, concerns long-term support commitments to docbook constructs > in the stylesheets. Equally possible. > > Thus, allow DocBook to move along at a reasonable pace, but commit to > supporting DocBook constructs in the stylesheets for some time after > they are phased out or changed. I don't think that's even up for discussion is it? The stylesheets aren't part of the Oasis spec. > > (However, this may occasionally require explicit triggering of > old-style behavior through stylesheet parameters etc...) And even more of a headache for Bob! regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk
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