IPhoto 09/08 interoperability?

I do an admittedly very dangerous thing with iPhoto. I have my iPhoto library stored on a shared drive, on an underpowered G4 iMac, that is running Tiger (10.4.11). I run iPhoto on the iMac, but I also run iPhoto on my MacBook Pro, and access the library on the shared drive across the network. The Creatives at the Apple store frown when I tell them that, but I've never had any problems. I can't upgrade the G4 to Leopard, and it struggles with iLife 08 as it is. Upgrading to 09 is probably out of the question.
My question is this: Does anyone know if iPhoto 09 changes the file format or structure in such a way as to make it incompatible with iPhoto 08, making it impossible for me to continue my arrangement without buying a new Mac to replace the G4?

That’s not very dangerous and is one of the Recommended ways of sharing a Library.
No one knows until 09 is actually released, but it’s never been possible before for an old version to share with a newer version.
Even if the Library format is similar the changes in metadata for features like faces, places etc may cause problems as these will involve a revision of the library database file.
That said, though, the actual answer is ‘Don’t Know’ until the app is released.
Regards
TD

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    2   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x958b53f8 pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003 + 73
    3   com.apple.Foundation                    0x92852a1c -[__NSOperationInternal waitUntilFinished] + 55
    4   com.apple.Foundation                    0x928529cd -[NSOperation waitUntilFinished] + 89
    5   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0081482e 0x1000 + 8468526
    6   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00067d7c 0x1000 + 421244
    7   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x000664ce 0x1000 + 414926
    8   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0007ab9d 0x1000 + 498589
    9   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x000280cc 0x1000 + 159948
    10  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00021e2f 0x1000 + 134703
    11  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00021331 0x1000 + 131889
    12  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x000a4bcf 0x1000 + 670671
    13  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00084c07 0x1000 + 539655
    14  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00246d6c 0x1000 + 2383212
    15  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x000349fc 0x1000 + 211452
    16  com.apple.Foundation                    0x9280ddb3 _nsnote_callback + 176
    17  com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x94bea763 __CFXNotificationPost + 947
    18  com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x94bea16a _CFXNotificationPostNotification + 186
    19  com.apple.Foundation                    0x92802c50 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 128
    20  com.apple.Foundation                    0x9281005d -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:] + 56
    21  com.apple.AppKit                        0x938d5216 -[NSApplication _postDidFinishNotification] + 125
    22  com.apple.AppKit                        0x938d5126 -[NSApplication _sendFinishLaunchingNotification] + 74
    23  com.apple.AppKit                        0x93a2c339 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpen:] + 274
    24  com.apple.AppKit                        0x93a2bf59 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent:] + 101
    25  com.apple.Foundation                    0x928431f8 -[NSAppleEventManager dispatchRawAppleEvent:withRawReply:handlerRefCon:] + 511
    26  com.apple.Foundation                    0x92842fbc _NSAppleEventManagerGenericHandler + 228
    27  com.apple.AE                            0x91ce5f5c aeDispatchAppleEvent(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*, unsigned long, unsigned char*) + 166
    28  com.apple.AE                            0x91ce5e5b dispatchEventAndSendReply(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*) + 43
    29  com.apple.AE                            0x91ce5d65 aeProcessAppleEvent + 197
    30  com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x942be197 AEProcessAppleEvent + 50
    31  com.apple.AppKit                        0x938a57d2 _DPSNextEvent + 1420
    32  com.apple.AppKit                        0x938a4dd6 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 156
    33  com.apple.AppKit                        0x938671f3 -[NSApplication run] + 821
    34  com.apple.AppKit                        0x9385f289 NSApplicationMain + 574
    35  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0001159a 0x1000 + 66970
    36  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00010a29 0x1000 + 64041

    As a Test:
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    <Email Edited by Host>

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