IPhoto discontinues access to previous files?

I have received an update notice which includes the following statement: (They won't let me access the
screen shot, nor make a copy of the notice so I'm copying it here.)
     The photo library needs to be upgraded to work with this version of iPhoto.
     Your photo library will not be readable by previous versions of iPhoto after the upgrade.
     the upgrade process for very large libraries may take an hour or more to complete
It refuses to let me use my present library. What exactly do they mean it will not be readable by previous
versions. it's sort of frightening to have them simply refuse me access to what I have and then tell me I will
no longer have access to it when I complete my download.
....goldie

Much has happened since last night when the option/comd+option key action produced nothing, to the option key bringing up ONE Library only but with a reconstruction that is truly comical. Seems they have dragged my Spotlight graphic files and picked sundry pictures, logos, videos (1sec), etc.
I now have 3,702 items with 138 events, 90% of which I don't remember having ever seen. For instance 18 "Events" containing from 1 to 65 items which are apparently placards of some sort in Foreign Languages, (Russian, Japanese, German, Italian, etc.,etc.) Mostly though it's Icons. Thousands of them, some being simply duplicates, as many as 18 copies of one icon. That's how my Spotlight files look. Most of MY pictures are nonexistent but I have them in other files and can reconstruct whatever I want.
Time Machine has no record of anything before June 30, 2014 and that's totally incomplete.
Truthfully, my iPhoto file, at this time, is a complete mess. They are changing it to something new aren't they? I'll be interested in whatever they do but I'll be sure to save, in a safe place, any file structure I may create in the future.
Thanks again for your help Terence.
....goldie
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