I'm looking for a peer-reviewed solutions for managing versions (dll compatibiity, data formats, etc.). If they exist, they're pretty hard to find. ( FWIW, searches with the terms "version" or "versioning" aren't very helpful :-()

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Have there been any discussions on this topic in the boost domain? If so, how would I find it?

Any one have ideas where else I could look? Or any useful codewords to search for.

Oooh, dead air! Er, would anyone be interested in discussing this issue or reviewing a proposed base class? Feel free to contact me off-list. Thnx, ---rich