From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Milan Zamazal To: Gerald Pfeifer Cc: Subject: Re: Compatibility between GNATS 3.x and 4.x? gnatsweb? Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 13:22:00 -0000 Message-id: <87itmhnfub.fsf@zamazal.org> References: X-SW-Source: 2001-q1/msg00031.html >>>>> "GP" == Gerald Pfeifer writes: GP> Are GNATS 3.x and 4.0 supposed to be incompatible? Yes. GP> Or should it be possible to update the GNATS server and keep GP> existing clients? No. There were major changes, regarding especially the query interface and configuration, between the versions 3 and 4. This has led to a significant simplification of the gnatsd command set. IMHO this implies that: - Though it might be technically possible to retain most of the gnatsd 3 commands (I didn't check carefully), it would leave a lot of garbage in the gnatsd command set instead of really simplifying it. - Since this is simplification, interfaces should benefit from it and should be updated to the new gnatsd command set. It shouldn't be difficult once the gnatsd commands and the GNATS query language are documented. - I don't consider a backward compatibility being a serious issue here, because I suppose most installed interfaces are tight to their server and are supposed to be upgraded together with the server. [BTW, I'll be out of Internet soon, for about two weeks. So don't panic if I'll be completely quiet during that period.] Regards, Milan Zamazal -- And why?