From f5bcd5c038f9e0b2c4df6b2968b5c170bb7e41a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2023 03:26:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Mention backwards compatibility for old session files

---
 include/whats-in-a-session.html | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/whats-in-a-session.html b/include/whats-in-a-session.html
index 123f21dc..87586bb8 100644
--- a/include/whats-in-a-session.html
+++ b/include/whats-in-a-session.html
@@ -34,3 +34,11 @@
   Tracks and Buses, and all the Regions and Plug-Ins they contain.
 </p>
 
+<p>
+  Ardour supports loading session files created with older versions of the
+  program. The oldest known version is 2.8 released in 2009. With very few 
+  exceptions, Ardour will load all session data from such files. The data that 
+  cannot be supported (e.g. the old fade of storing region fades) will be
+  skipped entirely.
+</p>
+