Re: Re: MrProject xml & Metacity

tis 2002-10-22 klockan 16.37 skrev Kurt Maute:
> > > * Are these files backward compatible?  If I
> > create a
> > > project file with v0.7.0, will it work with
> > v0.6.0?  I
> > > know it can't import new features, but it would be
> > > nice if it doesn't choke either.
> > > 
> > > * What's the significance of the tag:
> > > mrproject-version="2"?
> > 
> > Hmm .. I don't think that the format between 0.6.0
> > and CVS changed. Do
> > you mean between the GNOME 1 version (0.5.1) and
> > 0.6? If so, 0.6 should
> > handle both formats.
> 
> Actually, I'm concerned about future enhancements to
> the xml specification for MrProject (0.7.0 and
> higher).  Will 0.6 be able to import those files, or
> would it be confused by the new tags?
> 
> Aside from compatibility between MrP versions, this
> would also be good for other PM tools that would like
> to be able to export to MrProject format.  They
> wouldn't have to ask the receiver what version they're
> running.

Agreed, that is why we want to freeze the format as soon as possible.
There are (iirc) some things missing in the 0.6 format that we need for
1.0.

People need to consider that before we are at 1.0 there are no
guarantees that the format will be stable though we really try to keep
it so. As far as we just add tags to newer formats there shouldn't be a
problem opening the files in an older MrProject. 

> > I think (without looking) that the current
> > screenshots are taken with
> > Carved for Metacity. I think that is a pretty good
> > theme to use. Both me
> > and Richard uses Bluecurve GTK+ theme.
> 
> Ok, I started a documentation standards doc for
> MrProject.  I'll put it in there.

OK, great! Thanks,

 Mikael Hallendal
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