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Re: MI -break-info command issues


Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:

>> The problem with existing frontends can probably be solved by posting a
>> prominent message to mailing list whenever MI output is going to change.
>> Or using versioning.
> 
> This has been discussed before plenty of times.  We will make
> incompatible changes to MI from time to time; but IMO that doesn't
> justify making _unnecessary_ incompatible changes.
> 
> Like Bob, I wouldn't have added the fields.  But since they are
> present, I see no reason to remove them.

Ok, understood. It would be good, though, if MI docs contained some
introduction chapter that would state this policy. That'd prevented this
thread from ever starting.

- Volodya


 



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