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[Robert Collins <robertc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 28 August 2014 05:42, Jonathan Lange <jml@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have no objections.

Cool

> It would be good to be explicit about what backwards compatibility promises
> we're making with 1.0.
>
> i.e. which of
>
> API

I think we should hold any API we advertise as stable stable. We may
want to introduce new APIs in an unstable fashion. Today we don't
offer an API at all IMO.

> configuration format
> command-line interface

Yes and yes.

> storage format

I think we should guarantee that new releases can read old releases,
but not that for any two pairs of releases that they are
bidirectionally compatible.

> are we planning to hold stable, and under what conditions.

-Rob

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Robert Collins <rbtcollins@xxxxxx>
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