[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Network bandwidth, and other things.

[Jason Dorje Short <vze49r5w@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Raimar Falke wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 11:05:16AM +0100, Juan Uriarte wrote:
> > > I didn't looked at the patch. Now looking in the current patch I see
> > > that we both had indead the same idea. I avoided zlib compression till
> > > now since I thing it can be done on top of the deltas
> > > transparently.
> > This is what is implemented. All 6 features (zlib and 5 new packet types)
> > are optional and indepent, backward compatibility is a goal.
>
> If we implement delta we should implement it in all packets. So
> backward compatibility isn't a goal for my patch.
Why shouldn't backward compatability be a goal?  Shouldn't it be a 
simple matter to check capabilities before taking the delta of the packet?
jason