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by aine 1747 days ago
Well, nothing. I mean, nothing will happen, because matrix uses strict versioning of protocol and your server "announces" supported protocol versions, so any client will use supported protocol version with your server.

Btw, there are several server implementations of matrix sever, not related to the New Vector/Element.
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Andrew_nenakhov 1746 days ago
> nothing will happen, because matrix uses strict versioning of protocol

Bingo! You've precisely stated the reason, why Matrix is a product and will always be a product, and never a protocol. In real world, third party servers will never be on the same version of protocol.

A few years ago [1] people here explained to Matrix developers that "single monolithic versioned protocol" that is NOT the way to build federation, ant that it is silly to assume that everyone will magically update once the new version comes out, but they were preaching to deaf ears.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19421634

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aine 1746 days ago
Well, maybe, but it works as "single monolithic versioned protocol" with different server implementations, and it works OK-ish.

I understand that's not perfect and such approach has it's own downsides, but for now it's OK.

PS: I'm not matrix developer, so my opinion maybe wrong, but from user and sysadmin perspective I don't see/feel any problems with it

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