Re: ISSUE-4: Versioning, namespace URIs and MIME types

Maciej Stachowiak wrote:

> So I think experience since David's original email bears him out. It 
> does seem to make a difference whether or not the spec has an official 
> versioning hook. It doesn't prevent versioning mechanisms for bug 
> compatibility from being created, but it does limit their effectiveness 
> in producing anti-competitive side effects.

Without wishing to over-simplify things, is this concern
about "anti-competitive side effects" what lies at the
heart of much of the opposition to versioning ?  If so,
it is a pity that this wasn't made explicit at the outset.

Philip TAYLOR

Received on Wednesday, 18 February 2009 23:25:56 UTC