Magnus Manske wrote:
- We change our wiki syntax, however slightly. Besides everyone using
MediaWiki having to learn a new (altered) syntax, we'll have to change *every* page in our databases, including *all* old revisions.
There'd be no need to alter old revisions. If there's a relevant change, have a converter save a new converted copy of the _current_ version, and allow old revisions to look slightly "off".
This is for instance how upgrading from UseMod was handled; new converted revisions were saved with a few bits shuffled around, and older revisions may have a few little quirks if you load them up.
It's not likely that we'd be making major changes to the basic syntax; minor issues of interpretation, bug fixes, and changes to features have from time to time slightly changed how a given bit of wikitext will actually be rendered. That's life; the pages get cleaned up, and life goes on.
-- biron vibber (brion @ pobox.com)