Re: [patch rfa:doco rfc:NEWS] mi1 -> mi2; rm mi0

Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-09-30T04:55:02Z

On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 05:46:06PM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> >On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 04:19:11PM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> >
> >>>On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 02:14:45PM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> >>>
> >
> >>>>Hello,
> >>>>
> >>>>The attached patch updates things so that "mi2" is the default MI
> >>>>syntax. I need to add a mechanism so that the MI code can query the
> >>>>version but I'll post that separatly.
> >>>>
> >>>>It modifies NEWS (comments?).
> >>>>It updates the doco (ok?).
> >>>>
> >>>>Andrew
> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>It seems to me that this is going about everything backwards.
> >>>
> >>>There isn't an mi2 yet, is there?
> >
> >>
> >>Actually, I think "mi2" changes have been sneeking through for a while.
> >> The attached, for instance, modifies [fixes] a commands output in a
> >>way that isn't backward compatible.
> >
> >
> >Are you planning to revert mi1 then?
>
> Que?

"mi2" changes have been sneaking in. Are you planning to revert them -
create an "mi1" which matches what mi1 actually was.

Otherwise, where is the line drawn to mark the interface version as
final? It seems to me that the default shouldn't be evolving, that
-i=mi should default to a fixed point until the next version is
running.

Maybe I'm wrong though.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer