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    > In fact I think that slowly the time might have come to change a
    > lot of important variables in an incompatible manner. That will
    > at least show the users that something is wrong, and so they can
    > correct it.

If that is done this change should be documented in a VERY explicit
manner accompanied by a good "transition description".