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

[Zoa]

How about asterisk checking what version we expect and act accordingly ?  :)
Maybe thats too much too ask though...


Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote:

> I would have manager interface v2 the default (with the option to run 
> the old manager interface via a startup option). New / changes to 
> events would only be added to the manager v2+, making it desirable to 
> move to v2.
>
> Moving forwards, you can then add a version stamp to v2+ manager 
> events,  as you can assume that applications would be taking note of 
> the version number and acting accordingly.
>
> My 2p.
>
> Julian.
>
> Florian Overkamp wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Olle E Johansson wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
>>
>>
>> I'd say that when backward compatibility is broken the manager 
>> version announcement should reflect that, so we can be sure of what's 
>> happening. Lots of people depend on certain behaviour for their 
>> applications, so they should at least be able to detect that things 
>> will be funky from now on.
>>
>> I'd even appreciate a way to maintain backward compatible behaviour 
>> for a certain period of time to support a migration path for all 
>> dependant applications. Your idea of running a second manager module 
>> (and a second manager port) with the new syntax is a _really 
>> userfriendly_ approach.
>>
>> Florian
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