Thank you very much. I appreciate it. I'll post some feedback tomorrow.

Jan

Dne 15. 7. 2022 22:05 napsal uživatel Clebert Suconic 
<clebert.suco...@gmail.com>:
I have sent a new PR: https://github.com/apache/activemq-artemis/pull/4150


I have sent a release HEADS up to early next week. if we fix this
issue it would go right on time for the 2.24.0 release.

(@Jan: I would appreciate your feedback on the PR)

On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 3:12 PM Clebert Suconic
<clebert.suco...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ... and I always thought replication would always be used within the
> same server.
>
>
> Recently we added a test on replication versioning (compatibility test).
>
>
> I will see what I can do with the versioning.
>
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 11:43 AM Robbie Gemmell
> <robbie.gemm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Perhaps, I didnt go looking at the year old commits to see the
> > relative sequence of when it changed. The problem being raised wasnt
> > that the particular PR didnt change the version though (albeit the
> > version either already had, or subsequently did change, which I was
> > simply noting in case it wasnt already clear to Jan). Instead its that
> > it changed that packet contents without adding a new packet version,
> > and its being said that the old server cant handle the new data now
> > being sent in the old packet, and also that the new server cant handle
> > the absence of the new data that the old server obviously doesnt know
> > about to send it.
> >
> > Which or both of those is true I dont know. I do recall other similar
> > cases before of suggesting not sending new fields to old servers, and
> > being told it shouldnt matter as theyd simply not use it, though
> > personally I argued it still should never be sent to them as then it
> > definitely cant cause any change in behaviour.
> >
> > On Fri, 15 Jul 2022 at 16:00, Clebert Suconic <clebert.suco...@gmail.com> 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > as far as I know that PR did not make a switch in the protocol version
> > > because there was already another change in there for the same
> > > version... right?
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 6:07 AM Robbie Gemmell <robbie.gemm...@gmail.com> 
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > This isnt an area I know about but what I vaguely recalled/can see is
> > > > that there was coincidentally a wire version bump in 2.18.0 as part of
> > > > other changes, see the ARTEMIS_2_18_0_VERSION constant in PacketImpl.
> > > > From that I would guess it should be possible for newer servers to
> > > > specifically tell whether they are connected to <=2.17.0  or >=
> > > > 2.18.0. Perhaps the new one could then handle the situation in some
> > > > way if the issue can be fixed from the new side only, by changing what
> > > > it sends and expects in the existing packet?
> > > >
> > > > If it can be handled that way, I doubt there would be appetite for
> > > > releasing fixes across all the superceded intermediate versions rather
> > > > than just the latest. It doesnt appear to be widely hit so far in
> > > > nearly a year, people using only any versions >=2.18.0 wont be
> > > > affected, and anyone not yet affected could become so should use a
> > > > more recent fixed release (or else can patch the old superceded
> > > > intermediate release with the fix themselves).
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 15 Jul 2022 at 09:57, Jan Šmucr <jan.sm...@aimtecglobal.com> 
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Dear devs,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'd like to ask you for help with the communication incompatibility 
> > > > > between pre-2.18.0 servers and the newer ones. What I've learned so 
> > > > > far is that in 2.18.0 there's been a change in the 
> > > > > REPLICATION_START_FINISH_SYNC packet, yet no new version of that 
> > > > > packet has been introduced. There have been some additional data 
> > > > > appended to that packet, so that newer servers expect older servers 
> > > > > to send more data than they actually do, and older servers can't cope 
> > > > > with the additional data they receive. The fact that until now nobody 
> > > > > noticed that replication between pre-2.18.0 and post-2.18.0 does not 
> > > > > work confuses me a little.
> > > > >
> > > > > Before learning the actual reason of the incompatibility, I have 
> > > > > developed a test which would eventually pass after the issue has been 
> > > > > fixed. But now I see that fixing it would mean releasing a set of at 
> > > > > least five minor bugfix releases. Shall I even attempt? If not, will 
> > > > > you accept at least the test suite so that nothing like that happens 
> > > > > in the future? Also mentioning the incompatibility somewhere might 
> > > > > help others as unfortunate as me.
> > > > >
> > > > > The WIP PR is here: 
> > > > > https://github.com/apache/activemq-artemis/pull/4144
> > > > > [https://opengraph.githubassets.com/1fef362275960b2364da60ecddb76ca361b56b67aca157a2a2d25e3145d32d99/apache/activemq-artemis/pull/4144]<https://github.com/apache/activemq-artemis/pull/4144>
> > > > > ARTEMIS-3767 Fix replication incompatibility between pre 2.18.0 and 
> > > > > SNAPSHOT (WIP) by jsmucr · Pull Request #4144 · 
> > > > > apache/activemq-artemis<https://github.com/apache/activemq-artemis/pull/4144>
> > > > > This PR attempts to solve the issue described in 
> > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARTEMIS-3767. TL;DR replication 
> > > > > between =<2.17.0 and newer Artemis versions is broken since 2.18.0.
> > > > > github.com
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for your suggestions.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jan
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Clebert Suconic
>
>
>
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> Clebert Suconic



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