Code name for 9.1.0 (pgf at laptop.org)

[pgf at laptop.org]

greg wrote:
 > I know that downgrade is hard. The great thing is that the XO supports 
 > that very elegantly right now!
 > 
 > I don't want to lose that.
 > 
 > It saved me once when I upgraded to joyride image without a developer 
 > key (doh!) and was locked out.

but don't confuse "saving yourself" with a robust procedure
that's guaranteed to leave your former environment in a fully
useable/functional condition.  i don't think that's what we have,
or will have, in the foreseeable future.

paul

 > 
 > Thanks,
 > 
 > Greg S
 > 
 > greg wrote:
 >   > Hi Martin,
 >   >
 >   > We need keep that capability of upgrade from anywhere to anywhere if at
 >   > all possible! That is a huge benefit for our customers and for our
 >   > managing the scope of testing.
 >   >
 >   > Even if we can just keep that from any 70x forward it will be a big 
 > help.
 >   >
 >   > I know we hope 8.2.0 is rock solid but it may not be so we need an
 >   > option to downgrade safely.
 > 
 > downgrade is _very_ difficult to get right.  it's a worthy goal,
 > but given our testing resources, and the natural concentration of
 > both developers and testers on the upgrade scenario, i wouldn't
 > promise downgrade.  (and from what cscott has said to me every time
 > i mutter under my breath about upgrade oddness, i'm under the
 > impression that the "boot to previous version" is really only
 > a failsafe mechanism to keep the box running until your upgrade
 > is successful, and isn't intended as a true "downgrade".  correct
 > me if i'm wrong, scott.)
 > 
 > paul
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 paul fox, pgf at laptop.org