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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