dshr@SUN.COM (David Rosenthal) (08/07/89)
> Given the difficulty involved in guaranteeing backward compatibility > forever, perhaps it's not unwise to consider adding such a requirement > to some future version of the document, so that we have an escape hatch > for dealing with future compatibility issues, if we need it. > Backwards compatibility for ever isn't what we specified - only between adjacent revisions. We expected that they would be infrequent enough for this to be OK. Of course, we may have been optimistic, but I don't see a rush of volunteers wanting to edit the next revision :-) David.