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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com>
Cc: Jeff Hostetler <jeffhost@microsoft.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, git@jeffhostetler.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] trace2: increment event format version
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 15:47:01 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqczn6jlvu.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YY2h5lO90vo3Dy42@google.com> (Josh Steadmon's message of "Thu, 11 Nov 2021 15:06:14 -0800")

Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com> writes:

> On 2021.11.11 15:03, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com> writes:
>> 
>> > In 64bc752 (trace2: add trace2_child_ready() to report on background
>> > children, 2021-09-20), we added a new "child_ready" event. In
>> > Documentation/technical/api-trace2.txt, we promise that adding a new
>> > event type will result in incrementing the trace2 event format version
>> > number, but this was not done. Correct this in code & docs.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com>
>> > ---
>> >  Documentation/technical/api-trace2.txt | 4 ++--
>> >  trace2/tr2_tgt_event.c                 | 2 +-
>> >  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>> 
>> Hmph, it seems to me that this is better done before the release,
>> or am I mistaken?
>
> Ideally yes, although I am not sure if there is anyone using traces who
> strongly depends on the accuracy of the evt field.

Relieving us from having to keep track of the actual users is the
point of documenting to making promises ;-)

> For release-blocking
> fixes (for lack of a better term), should I have sent this patch
> differently?

I do not think so.

Thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2021-11-11 23:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-11-11 22:34 [PATCH] trace2: increment event format version Josh Steadmon
2021-11-11 23:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-11-11 23:06   ` Josh Steadmon
2021-11-11 23:47     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2021-11-12 22:33       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-12 23:28         ` Junio C Hamano
2021-12-01 15:49         ` Jeff Hostetler
2021-12-01 15:57           ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-01 19:56             ` Josh Steadmon

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