Subj : Re: Favorite BBS software
To : Eric Oulashin
From : Mark Hofmann
Date : Thu May 12 2016 07:49 pm
EO> I'd think a major downside to changing the source to customize your
EO> system is that if you wanted to upgrade to a newer version of WWIV, you'd
EO> have to re-apply
EO> your customizations to the code (and then test it again to ensure your
EO> changes work in the new version). And in some cases, the author's code
EO> may change so much that it might be very difficult to apply your
EO> customizations again.
Totally agree - and now you know why I'm still technically running WWIV 4.24a
over here. I think almost everyone else is running WWIV 5.0 but me.
I went through some major pain on each WWIV upgrade back in the day. Re-adding
mods, most others wrote but some I wrote. So many that I don't remember what
is stock and what isn't anymore.
When WWIV 4.30 came out, I found it easier to take what I wanted from WWIV 4.30
and add it to my 4.24a. :)
Having the source code gives you the ultimate flexibility, but it doesn't come
without it's own set of issues. You just hit one one of the major ones!
- Mark
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