[Asterisk-Dev] [RFC] Small CLI change / Breaking backwards compatibility

[Olle E. Johansson]

Brian West wrote:
>>  Please make the changes so that configs & tools in the old
>>     format are still working .  Tia ,  JimL
>> -- 
> 
> 
> You do realize that at some point we have to break backwards  
> compatibility moving forward.  Otherwise we get stuck working around  
> BAD IDEAS that were done very badly in the first place.  Asterisk is  
> full of stuff like this that we can't fix because the fear of  breaking 
> backwards compatibility.
> 
> Fixing things correctly sometimes require some breakage.

Absolutely. We just have to decide when to break and document it.
There's so much inconsistent stuff in there that needs cleaning up.

/O