Mobius Version 1.43 changes (was Re: another mobius question - anew one! - presets/parameters)

[Rainer Straschill <moinsound@googlemail.com>]

Dear Jeff,

in context of the discussion of changes from Möbius version 1.42 to 
1.43, I have very mixed feelings about how these changes were implemented.

First of all, a lot of users want (or need) forward compatibility. On 
the other hand, innovating a product (like software) sometimes requires 
to leave that behind.

Often, manufacturers try to at least reflect that with the version 
numbers. So, my question is this: when you do changes (as in 1.43) which 
will result in a lot of stuff not working anymore (the "sus modes" we've 
discussed are but one example, another one is that for some reason, my 
track copy script no longer works, possibly because the behaviour of 
copy has changed?) - why not make a new major release, reflected in a 
version number like 2.0?

That way, it is easily recognizable that while an update from e.g. 1.41 
to 1.42 can be done by anyone without fear of consequences, an update 
from 1.42 to 2.00 may not.

About the other discussions:
1) just tested the "auto reverse" script with the scope of the variable 
being track instead of global - great!
2) strangely, on 1.42, your adapted script (with the wait last 
statements) behaved exactly the same as my original version without 
those adaptions - well, I think exactly, because it was "deterministic 
chaos" ;). As I need to go back to 1.42 for the short term, I could try 
that again...

Yours,

          Rainer

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