[Asterisk-Dev] When do we change manager version?

[Olle E Johansson]

Russel and I have been discussing manager version numbers in the bug 
tracker. There is a version number given when someone logs in. It has, 
as I remember, never been changed.

Russel wants to change the syntax of a command. I agree with the change, 
as my opinion is that we need to change *a lot* of the manager syntax to 
clean up cases where one keyword is used for many different things.

Russel thinks it enough to change the README and then change syntax, 
alerting users of the change.

My opinion is that if we change an existing and implemented action or 
event, we need to change the version number. A small change - from 1.0 
to 1.1. That way, clients have a way to change its parsing to reflect 
the proper version.

At some point, we need to start manager 2.0, propably as a separate 
optional module to keep backwards compatibility.

Anyway, do you think we can change syntax *without* changing version 
number of manager or do you agree that we need to change version numbers 
and document differences in a README.managerversion?

/O