[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#14652) Patch proposal: resources cleanup

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=14652 >

Jérôme Plût wrote:

> Is it compulsory to preserve ruleset compatibility? I can provide a
> ruleset updater script if needed.

Ruleset compatilbity is not necessary (nor is network or tileset 
compatilibity).  However you do have to updated all 4 of the rulesets 
(tilesets) in svn.

Savegame compatilibyt generally is needed since there's otherwise no way 
for players to carry their games over between versions.

-jason