[cmsms-dev] MinimumCMSVersion

[Ted Kulp]

That's basically been my policy for module writing, unless I
absolutely know it's so bare-bones that it will work on an older
release.  Seems like a fair guideline.

Ted

On 9/28/07, Robert Campbell <calguy1000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> As a matter of policy... I think that all new module versions should have
> their MinimumCMSVersion set to the latest stable release at the time when the
> module is released.
>
> This prevents obvious problems, like I've encountered with the
> RegisterModulePlugin and RestrictUnknownParams calls,  And also encourages
> people to upgrade more rapidly.
>
> But also it prevents some people from trying to 'backport' modules to use them
> ol older versions of CMS.
>
> Of course you can never get past the inventive person that actually reads the
> code.... but if the person reads and understands the code they should also
> understand that things aren't necessarily backwards compatible.  and
> therefore they support themselves.
>
> What do you think.
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