Re: Bumping MI protocol

Bob Rossi
2004-10-06T19:43:17Z

On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 12:41:10PM -0400, Nathan J. Williams wrote:
> Bob Rossi <bob@brasko.net> writes:
>
> > Either one of you, please describe to me which of these questions is
> > foolish, and I will clearly explain to you why I need to know this
> > information in order to build a front end.
>
> That you need to know this information, or think you need to know this
> information, does not imply that it exists. I'm suggesting that MI is
> young and unevolved enough that there is no serious body of work in
> woking with its evolution. This means that your questions of "What
> happens in case X?" are effectively "please spend time deciding what
> happens in case X, which has not yet occurred." To put it in other
> terms, an unfunded mandate.
>
> I think you'll make much more ground by assuming that none of these
> questions have answers, and proposing possible answers (the "can you
> use an MI command to check the MI version" thread seems more
> productive to me, for example, because it included suggestions whose
> merits can be concretely dissussed).
>
> > I am asking because it's not documented anywhere. If
> > you want the questions to stop, maybe you will see that there is not
> > enough information avaiable for front end developers to figure these
> > thngs out.
>
> Yes, I think such things are not documented because they have not been
> considered or they have not come up to be handled, not because of a
> conspiracy to keep front-end developers in the dark.

Thanks, I understand your point of view here. I'll try to refrain from
"what if" questions. However, if I feel they will effect the implementation
of my front end, I'll speak up.

Bob Rossi