Re: [Monotone-devel] automate stdio extensions

[Thomas Keller]

Jon Bright schrieb:
>> Actually I have to admit that I don't use interface_version for my
>> interface at all, but always parse the output of mtn --version. It seems
>> easier for me and the user, because I know "yes, this works with mtn
>> version X.Y" and if the requirement is not met, I just yell at the user
>> "you need monotone version X.Y". I doubt that any normal user would be
>> able to map the interface version to a monotone version...
> 
> At least for release versions, which way you check shouldn't really
> matter for the point under discussion, provided you do actually check.

I doubt that the interface version is bumped between releases anyways,
i.e. if two incompatible changes are done between two releases, the
interface version is just bumped once IMHO.

Thomas.

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