Noel L Yap wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2001.03.15 08:44:37
> >Are these patched backwards/forwards compatible? i.e. what happens when the
> >client and server are out of synch on any of these patches?
> >
> >ME = multiple_edits, R = reservations, MER = multiple_edits+reservations, ! =
> not
> >present (pre-patch):
> >
> > Client Server Result
> > ---------- ---------- ----------
> > ME !ME ???
> > !ME ME ???
> > R !R ???
> > !R R ???
> > MER !MER ???
> > !MER MER ???
>
> I remember testing for these situations when I originally made the patch.
> Nothing horrendous (ie crash or hang) happens, but I don't really remember
> exactly what happens (eg warning message, no message, ...).
I think I'd want the commands to work. In other words, if the outputs of 'cvs
editors' and maybe other commands are incompatible/unparsable on one end or
another, the client/server command negotiation should allow for the version
discrepancy. I expect that the reservation code shouldn't be a severe problem
since either the server or client should reject the '-c' option and operation will
cease.
> Anyway, the new patches will have to be retested and I can say right now that I
> won't have the bandwidth to do so (and I haven't figured out exactly how to add
> to the regression test suite). So, ANY VOLUNTEERS?
There's not room in the regression suite to test different client/server versions
outside, perhaps, of launching the executable as a server and fiddling with stdin
(see the pserver test), but the basic multiple_edits and reservations behavior
should be checked for.
I'd also want to see documentation updates (to cvs.texinfo) before I'd check this
in.
Derek
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