Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 08:52:00 +0300 From: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> To: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS and __FreeBSD_version Message-ID: <20100514055200.GM83316@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> In-Reply-To: <20100513211750.GA2015@garage.freebsd.pl> References: <4BEB40EB.2030206@acm.poly.edu> <4BEBE634.4080102@FreeBSD.org> <20100513211750.GA2015@garage.freebsd.pl>
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--TlDjLAx2PuPdVSSH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:17:50PM +0200, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 07:44:52AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > > Boris Kochergin wrote: > > >Hi. Can __FreeBSD_version be bumped if ZFS's userland API is ever=20 > > >changed again? I got slightly bitten by the=20 > > >state_to_name()-to-zpool_state_to_name() change from version 6 to=20 > > >version 13 and would like a reliable way of keeping track of this type= =20 > > >of stuff in the future. Thanks. > >=20 > > Yes, it should be bumped anytime the API changes. That is definitely a= =20 > > bug that it wasn't done properly last time. >=20 > I must disagree here. libzfs API is for ZFS internal use only and is > subject to change at any time. This is true for OpenSolaris as well. > We, of course, can bump __FreeBSD_version if it helps, but one shouldn't > expect libzfs API being stable or there is any care taken to maintain > backward compatibility. I agree with you, but please note that the _library_ version bump on import would be right and useful thing, if not already done. --TlDjLAx2PuPdVSSH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkvs5QAACgkQC3+MBN1Mb4jLiACeMUu52M5lKfn6HNHBzZwOvD5d ugsAoJBD4XWLR64+lzhR6AwlGHAkcmpB =09I5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TlDjLAx2PuPdVSSH--
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