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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