[DUG] Delphi XE (2011)

[Jolyon Smith]

Breaking releases suck because it means you have to purchase and incorporate
upgrades for all your 3rd party components if they include non-source units.
ReportBuilder, for example.

Non-breaking releases suck if they don't include major changes, but you
don't have to break the DCU format in order to introduce major changes.


Including AQ Time, FinalBuilder, CodeSite and introducing new widgetyflips
in the IDE... none of these things necessitate a change in the DCU format as
far as I can see. 

Making a release a breaking release for the sake of it being a breaking
release does not automagically mean that the release is a massively fixed
and enhanced release.  It just means it's a breaking release.


iirc D2007 was considered a major improvement over D2006 yet managed to be a
non-breaking release.


-----Original Message-----
From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] On
Behalf Of Jeremy North
Sent: Thursday, 19 August 2010 17:28
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] Delphi XE (2011)

It is a breaking release.

Non-breaking releases suck. It means they can't fix and enhance as
many things as should be done between major product releases.

On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Jolyon Smith <jsmith at deltics.co.nz> wrote:
>> To be honest, this release has a D6 -> D7 or BDS 2006 -> D2007 (where
>> there were no interface breaking changes) feel to it.
>
> Interesting observation.  At least with D2007 they didn't change the DCU
> format so it was literally a non-breaking release, and iirc made changes
to
> specifically allow for this sort of major-but-interim non-breaking
release.
> Did they do the same thing this time I wonder?
>
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