[mythtv] Re: [mythtv-commits] mythtv commits

[Isaac Richards]

On Thursday 27 January 2005 09:02 pm, David Engel wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 03:23:36PM -0800, Bruce Markey wrote:
> > Nigel Pearson wrote:
> > >    Agreed, but as long as it is targetted for removal
> > >some time in the future, the impact is minimal?
> >
> > Not knowing what issues may come up, I think it would be good
> > for the users who try to upgrade to 0.17 to still have access
> > to the data in these tables. If they are stable and go on to CVS
> > after the release then there there should be no issue with
> > dropping the unused tables IMO.
>
> I suggest the guideline that database items be obsolete for at least
> two releases before they get removed.  For example, anything that was
> last used in 0.15, can't be removed until 0.17 is released.

How do you handle data whose meaning changes, though?

Isaac