From: Richard Palethorpe <rpalethorpe@suse.de>
To: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
Cc: ltp@lists.linux.it
Subject: Re: [LTP] [PATCH] check: Deprecated API symbols
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:09:56 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fsr4bj26.fsf@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Ya9as97Bo46XvDtO@yuki>
Hello,
Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz> writes:
> Hi!
>> The old API represents a big source of complication. It invalidates a
>> lot of assumptions we can make when writing checks specifically for
>> the new API.
>>
>> Cyril proposed ignoring these symbols altogether in a previous
>> patch. This is a counter proposal to print a warning, but then abandon
>> checking the symbol any further.
>>
>> The reasoning is that ignoring them altogether might hide errors. Also
>> the existence of the old API may be a surprise to new developers. This
>> change will alert them that a test needs updating and that it is not
>> to be used as a reference.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Richard Palethorpe <rpalethorpe@suse.com>
>
> Sounds good to me:
>
> Reviewed-by: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
Thanks, pushed!
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Thank you,
Richard.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-07 14:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-30 11:45 [LTP] [PATCH] sparse: Skip TCID and TST_TOTAL Cyril Hrubis
2021-11-30 13:56 ` Richard Palethorpe
2021-11-30 14:27 ` Cyril Hrubis
2021-12-01 7:21 ` Richard Palethorpe
2021-12-07 12:54 ` [LTP] [PATCH] check: Deprecated API symbols Richard Palethorpe via ltp
2021-12-07 12:59 ` Cyril Hrubis
2021-12-07 14:09 ` Richard Palethorpe [this message]
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