Re: [HACKERS] RE: [INTERFACES] Re: SSL patch

> > Right.  My feeling is that we must make it possible for a 6.6 server to
> > accept connections from 6.5 (and earlier) clients, or the upgrade will
> > be too painful at large sites.
> 
> But, we've had protocol changes before that breaks backward
> compatibility...why is this all of a sudden a problem?  As long as this is
> a "known" issue for an upgrade (something for the 'migrating to...'
> section of the HISTORY file), I personally see no reason why the protocol
> can't mature/change...

No reason to change the protocol when we don't need to.

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