[i18n-discuss] ICU 4.0.1 [PSARC/2009/129 FastTrack timeout 03/02/2009]

[Nicolas Williams]

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:02:11AM -0800, Ienup Sung wrote:
> Nicolas Williams wrote at 02/24/09 08:30:
> >So everything Volatile.  If the actual interfaces really are so
> >volatile, might it not make sense to go for multiple versions being
> >installed, each being Uncommitted?
> 
> Trouble is that with Uncommitted as you know incompatible change can happen
> only at minor release including EOF. Furthermore, it is possible with ICU

That's why I suggested multiple versions.

> that their patch level release (i.e., ICU 4.0 vs. ICU 4.0.1 and not Sun's
> Patch release binding) occupies the same name space in terms of versioning
> and yet could contain incompatibility.

That would be a problem, but does that actually happen?  Do they really
break compatbility on patch?  I haven't followed the ICU community, but
I have a hard time believing that.

Can you point to specific instances where they've done this?