[augeas-devel] Lens compatibility (ticket #295)

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Begin forwarded message:

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> On Aug 14, 2012, at 2:11 PM, David Lutterkort <lutter at redhat.com> wrote:
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>> Thoughts ?
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> Announce the incompatibility, document the change, and
> just break compatibility.
> 
> You are better off with one syntax and an incompatibility
> wartlet in Augeas than carrying around divergent syntax with
> no end-of-life criteria for the divergence.
> 
> At a minimum:
> 	Add a drop-dew end-of-life criteria to finish the
> 	transition.
> 
> Legacy incompatibility is over rated imho; ymmv.
> 
> hth
> 
> 73 de Jeff