On Tue, Jul 06, 2021 at 03:27:41PM +0200, Adrian Moreno wrote:
> 
> 
> On 7/6/21 2:50 PM, Flavio Leitner wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 06, 2021 at 08:25:59AM +0200, Adrian Moreno wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On 7/5/21 4:15 PM, Flavio Leitner wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 05:43:54PM +0200, Adrian Moreno wrote:
> >>>> The match keyword "igmp" is not supported in ofp-parse, which means
> >>>> that flow dumps cannot be restored. This patch prints the igmp match
> >>>> in the accepted format (ip,nw_proto=2) and adds a test.
> >>>
> >>> I raised concerns about changing the output and break scripts in
> >>> the past.  However, it seems not removing the keyword also cause
> >>> issues, so I am not opposing to remove the igmp keyword anymore.
> >>>
> >>> Acked-by: Flavio Leitner <f...@sysclose.org>
> >>>
> >>
> >> Thanks Flavio. Do you think this is an acceptable solution also for stable 
> >> branches?
> > 
> > My concern is that changing the output can potentially break
> > somebody else's script and that is really bad in a stable
> > release update.
> > 
> > BTW, this is an user visible change, so I'd say that the patch
> > needs to highlight that in the NEWS file too.
> > 
> OK. I'll send another update, thanks.
> 
> > 
> >> If not, how about replacing the flows in ovs-save so that upgrades of 
> >> stable
> >> branches work fine?
> > 
> > You mean fixing ovs-save in master or in stable branches?
> > 
> My proposal was:
> - changing the output + advertise in NEWS in master branch (and future 
> releases)
> - add a workaround in ovs-save in stable branches to ensure they can be 
> upgraded
> without big datapath impact
> 
> WDYT?

Sounds like a good plan to me.

Thank you,
-- 
fbl
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