On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Clint Byrum <[email protected]> wrote: >> What kind of testing? >> Isn't a newer version backwards compatible? >> > > Smoke test. ABI must be guaranteed, and while we can detect and scan > and try our best, sometimes ABI is a tricky monster, so we require that > backports have all their reverse deps smoke tested.
Doesn't upgrading the server but not the client require the same kind of testing? >> > In order to do a backport, one has to remove libmysqlclient from the >> > installation, which is not as easy as it sounds since the client programs >> > link against it. >> >> What about excluding the client programs too? >> > > I'm still failing to see where the library should be coupled with the > server. If you add something to the server, add it to the library. Fine, > but don't force users to upgrade the library just because they wanted > to upgrade the server. I'm not saying it has to be. -- Olaf _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
