[Asterisk-Dev] Manager header revision

Olle E. Johansson oej at edvina.net
Sun Apr 3 23:37:16 MST 2005


Brian West wrote:
>> I really think we should clear this mess up, trying to find a way to
>> not break backwards compatibility.
>>
>> Time for a manager plugin - manager2 - with new commands on a new port.
>> And a header registry in order to clear this mess up.
> 
> 
> I think we can't fix manager without breaking backwards compatibility.  
> This is case one for having a plugin manager.
> 
> I think we might see that sooner than we think ... and at some point we 
> are gonna have to say screw backwards compatibility because it's going 
> to hold up progress by not being able to fix things the right way (tm)
> 
There must be a reason why manager delivers a version number.
Let's shift version number of manager and alert programmers to be aware 
of this. That way, a manager client can support multiple manager versions.

/O



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