[Buildroot] [PATCH 00/16 v3] br2-external: support multiple trees at once (branch yem/multi-br2-external-ID-7)

[Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>]

Arnout, All,

On 2016-09-01 23:43 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle spake thusly:
> On 31-08-16 11:26, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> > Thomas, Arnout,All,
> > 
> > On 2016-08-31 09:14 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> >> On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 08:15:57 +0200, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
> >>
> >>>  >  Supporting the old single-external without name in parallel with the new named
> >>>  > approach takes a significant amount of code - I estimate about 40 lines, out of
> >>>  > 285 lines affected by this patch set...  
> >>>
> >>>  >  So, I repeat: I think the backward compatibility should be dropped here.  
> >>>
> >>> That also sounds sensible to me.
> >>
> >> I originally insisted to keep the backward compatibility, but Arnout's
> >> argumentation convinced me that it is not really necessary. And if it
> >> can help reduce the implementation complexity, I'm all for it.
> >>
> >> So: I'm fine with dropping backward compatibility on this.
> > 
> > OK, I'll drop.
> 
>  One remark though: we should really document such backward compatibility
> issues. I don't think we're currently doing that well.
> 
>  Where should this be done?
> 
> - In CHANGES? At the moment, however, the CHANGES file is not really inviting to
> look for that kind of thing. Especially because users will often upgrade in
> jumps of 4 or more releases - that makes up 900 lines of CHANGES text...
> 
> - In the manual? There isn't really an appropriate place for it at the moment.
> And how long do we keep it there?
> 
> - In some new location? Where?
> 
>  My personal preference would be in the manual, and keep it for a couple of years.

And since we can detect this situation, we can point the user to the
manual and/or emit the brief suggestion you previously posted.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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