Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
>
> On 23 Apr 2002 09:57:50 +0200, szonyi calin wrote:
> >
> > Well, the features i did't like when switching from fvwm 2.2 to fvwm 2.4
> > were errors and warnings about my config (obsolete commands etc. )
> >
> > So i had to change my old fvwm 2.2 config file to make fvwm 2.4 happy.
> > :-(
> >
> > Is this a feature ?
Mikhael forgot to mention that the fvwm team take great pains to make
this transition as easy and painless as possible by providing a
conversion script called fvwm24_convert on older versions, but current
cvs has recently renamed to fvwm-convert-2.4. It even has it's own man
page! :)
See Section 3.10 at
http://www.fvwm.org/generated/FAQ.html
>
> Error messages inform you that a syntax was changed, this is a good thing.
> You should correct all these errors only once when upgrading from one
> major version to another. Ask yourself, why do you upgrade? Probably to
> get new features, so you should learn a new syntax anyway.
>
> There are a lot of commands and options in FVWM, some are old, some new.
> Sometimes the new contradict the old ones. It make sence to clean up the
> mess from time to time to have a clean code and a clean syntax. Users
> benefit from the clean code, because it has less hidden bugs, and from
> the clean syntax, because it makes configuring easier and more intuitive.
>
> > Will it hapen again when fvwm 2.6 wil be released ?
The current cvs version of file fvwm-convert-2.6 merely contains...
#!/usr/bin/perl
# -*-perl-*-
# Convert .fvwm2rc from 2.4.x format to 2.6.x format.
... so I'm guessing if/when it becomes necessary, this file may grow.
>
> Maybe. But you should not be afraid of this. Think like this: they cared
> to change this thing, means they worked on it and probably improved it.
> At least this is how I try to think myself about evolutional changes in
> programs that I use.
>
> Regards,
> Mikhael.
> --
:) Alex
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Received on Wed Apr 24 2002 - 02:44:37 BST