From: Charles Lindsey (chl@clw.cs.man.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Oct 11 2002 - 04:35:13 CDT
In <3DA506DB.6060206@meowing.net> greg andruk <gja@meowing.net> writes:
>Charles Lindsey wrote:
>> Yes, when you introduce a brand new feature into a protocol, you do not
>> expect it to interoperate with the existing base.
>If it's been done right, a new feature does interoperate, providing
>graceful degradation. That involves reducing functionality for the
>older components rather than outright breaking it.
Read what I wrote. You do not expect the "new feature" to interoperate
with the existing base (though naturally it should also ause no harm). You
DO expect the "old features" to continue operating as before.
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