[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#11299) 2.0 and 2.0.99-devel aren't compatible

["Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa" <vasc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=11299 >

On Thu, 2 Dec 2004, Jason Short wrote:

> <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=11299 >
>
> S2_0 and the development branch aren't really network-compatible
> anymore.  The main problem seems to be with the removal of
> unittype_exists() in the 2.0.99.  Connect to an old server with a new
> client, and you'll see all the "non-existant" units.  Try to open the
> units dialog and the client will crash.
>
> This could probably be fixed by removing the nonexistant units from
> S2_0.  But it would be better just to break network compatibility with a
> new manditory capability.

Yes, just break compatibility. It was bound to happen eventually.

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Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa @ Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa