Hello,
Rasmus has now added the "forwards compatibility" code to the update
server for 2.1.5. So you should be able to open 2.2.* projects in 2.1.5
now.
Wayne
On Tue, 25 Jan 2011, Wayne Boucher wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The good news is that Rasmus has added the code in so that users of Analysis
> 2.1.5 can read Analysis 2.2 projects (the so-called forwards compatibility).
>
> The bad news is that you need to update your Analysis 2.1.5 code in order to
> achieve this. And we just discovered that in fact you will need an update to
> the update server code itself before we can proceed with putting the forwards
> compatibility code onto the update server. (The technical issue is that this
> forwards compatibility code lives in a new directory, and the existing update
> server code that you have cannot cope with that.)
>
> These updates to existing code to read newer projects will keep coming as the
> data model gets updated.
>
> For now 2.1.5 people will have two updates to do:
>
> Update 1: You can do it now to get the latest update server code.
>
> Update 2: In a couple of weeks we will add the forwards compatibility code to
> the update server, and if you have not meanwhile done the first update this
> will give some kind of exception when you do this update (although I think
> the odds are that it will be ok if you restart Analysis and then do another
> update).
>
> Even if you are a 2.1.5 user who does not want to read 2.2 projects I would
> recommend getting the first update (now) to avoid problems when the second
> update appears.
>
> Wayne
>
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