Can't "Share my library on local network with different versions of iTunes

Should iTunes 8.2 have trouble sharing libraries over a LAN with iTunes 9.x?
Where I work, some of us are on 9.2, some on earlier versions of 9.x, and I'm on 8.2. I downgraded because of bugs in entering metadata to WAV and AIFF files before encoding to mp3, which is mostly what I use iTunes for at work. We used to all be able to share libraries. Now I can see them in the SHARED list, but when I click on them, it doesn't load. When they click on mine in their SHARED list, they get a message that says my computer "cannot accept connections at this time."

I'll play Little Red Hen and answer my own question. Sort of. I upgraded to 9.2.1 earlier this week and was immediately able again to share music libraries with others in the office. Barring bizarre coincidence, that would indicate that everyone needs to be on or near the same version of iTunes in order to share music libraries. FWIW.
Haven't done any big WAV to mp3 conversion jobs since 9.2.1 but a small test went OK. Oy, I hope they got that mess ironed out.

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