<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-10-25 11:49 GMT+02:00 DelazJ <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:delazj@gmail.com" target="_blank">delazj@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi,<br><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="gmail-">2016-10-25 11:41 GMT+02:00 Nyall Dawson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nyall.dawson@gmail.com" target="_blank">nyall.dawson@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail-m_4651668500086087264gmail-"><p dir="ltr"></p>
<p dir="ltr">On 25 Oct 2016 7:37 PM, "Geo DrinX" <<a href="mailto:geodrinx@gmail.com" target="_blank">geodrinx@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Good morning,<br>
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> we have seen that the new QGIS 2.18  reports a warning when opens a  .qgs  project file,<br>
> reporting that it is an old version, and saving again, it could be incompatible with old versions of QGIS.<br>
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> We  are asking what is the reason for this.  Could you explain us ?</p>
</span><p dir="ltr">There's no backward compatibility in qgs files. If you upgrade them then they won't necessarily be the same in earlier versions. Sometimes they won't be openable at all in earlier versions. Hence the warning.</p><span class="gmail-m_4651668500086087264gmail-">
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</span><div>This is not a new feature. It has always been the case when you open a project with a newer qgis version.<br></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br><br></div><div>Oh yes, <span id="gmail-result_box" class="gmail-short_text" lang="en"><span class="gmail-">it's true !    You are right.   I tested.     :(<br><br></span></span></div><div><span id="gmail-result_box" class="gmail-short_text" lang="en"><span class="gmail-">So I am asking: </span></span><span id="gmail-result_box" class="gmail-short_text" lang="en"><span>what is the</span> <span class="gmail-">reason why</span> <span class="gmail-">we did this</span><span class="gmail-">  ?<br></span></span><br><span id="gmail-result_box" class="gmail-" lang="en"><span>What you call</span> <span>"feature"</span> <span>is</span> <span>a problem for</span> <span>all those who</span> <span>need to</span> <span>share data with</span> <span>users</span> <span>who have</span> <span>an older version of</span> <span>QGIS</span><span>,</span> <span>for one reason</span> <span class="gmail-">or another</span><span class="gmail-">.<br></span></span><br><span id="gmail-result_box" class="gmail-short_text" lang="en"><span class="gmail-">I am wrong ?   </span></span><span id="gmail-result_box" class="gmail-short_text" lang="en"><span class="gmail-">What do you think ?<br><br></span></span></div><div><span id="gmail-result_box" class="gmail-short_text" lang="en"><span class="gmail-">Regards<br></span></span></div><div><span id="gmail-result_box" class="gmail-short_text" lang="en"><span class="gmail-">Geo<br></span></span></div><div><br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div>Regards,<br></div>Harrissou </div><span class="gmail-"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail-m_4651668500086087264gmail-"><p dir="ltr">><br>
> BTW, there is a function for saving the .qgs  file  in a previous version ?</p>
</span><p dir="ltr">No, nothing like that exists.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Nyall<br></p>
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> Thank you<br>
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> Geo<br>
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