Re: Database migration in Base

P.S. We shouldn't also convert anything silently, especially not between 
file formats.
The user should decide if s/he wants to convert.


Am 11.04.2018 um 12:00 schrieb Sophia Schröder:
> Hi *,
>
> from a user perspective I disagree.
>
> We shouldn't force users to switch back, but instead we should still 
> support the old format
> but tell the users that this support is deprecated and will be removed 
> with the one of the next releases of LO.
> S/he can now decide him/herself to switch forward to the new firebird 
> format and/or testing it.
>
>
> Am 11.04.2018 um 11:43 schrieb Kaganski Mike:
> > On 4/11/2018 12:34 PM, Jean-Pierre Ledure wrote:
> > > That's why I insist on a mastered process: the user should decide how
> > > and when he wants to migrate his Base files.
> > To implement unconditional drop of support of old engine (and thus,
> > requirement to convert of data to newer format to work with it on this
> > version of LibreOffice), we don't need to wait for any user decision.
> > It's up to developers to decide, because this doesn't limit users; we
> > don't force anyone to upgrade to a newer version to continue using
> > LibreOffice. Just a confirmation is required before the conversion, to
> > inform user and let decide if one wants to convert and loose backward
> > compatibility, or roll back to an older software that supports older
> > file format.

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Sophia Schröder
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