[MEI-L] physLoc

[Johannes Kepper]

If I remember correctly, a second-digit change is allowed to break compatibility. Benjamin's report from our last meeting (mail from September 15th) reads:

> The final conclusion was first digit (major changes: e.g. anything that introduces new models / new structures / new version of ODD), second digit (middling changes: more significant, probably breaking [compatibility]) and third digit (minor changes: mostly not breaking [compatibility]) and not restricting this to either specifications or guidelines.  

One could argue that the whole release, which will include not only the bibl customization, but also the FRB model, justifies a new first-digit release number. But we had that discussion already, and we decided to call it a 2.1.0 during the tech team meeting. Given the amount of time we already invested, do we really want to re-open that can of worms? I'm not against it, I just want to be sure it's necessary…

Best,
Johannes



Am 07.12.2012 um 15:25 schrieb Axel Teich Geertinger <atge at kb.dk>:

> True. But as far as I can see there are changes in the bibl customization breaking compatibility already, such as replacing <geogName> with <pubPlace> in <pubStmt>. That may be a mistake, though.
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> Fra: mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de [mailto:mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de] På vegne af Andrew Hankinson
> Sendt: 7. december 2012 15:09
> Til: Music Encoding Initiative
> Emne: Re: [MEI-L] physLoc
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> Backwards compatibility... well, compatibility to MEI 2010 was severely broken already with v. 2.0.0, and I doubt anyone has adapted the 2012 <source> encoding yet. I don't think that should be the reason for not changing anything.
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> I have no "horse in the race" for the source encoding problem, but I would like to jump in on this point. If we're breaking compatibility, then this is a 3.0.0 issue.
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