On 1/11/13, Jiri Slaby <jirisl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 01/10/2013 09:49 PM, Manu Abraham wrote:
>> On 1/11/13, Jiri Slaby <jirisl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 01/10/2013 09:38 PM, Manu Abraham wrote:
>>>> The format can be definitely changed. There's no issue to it.
>>>
>>> No you cannot. Applications depend on that, it's part of the dvb ABI. If
>>> you changed that, you would do the same mistake as Mauro let it flowing
>>> through his tree and it was pointed out by Linus in the link you sent...
>>
>> I understand what you are thinking, but that's not exactly about it. The
>> format
>> can simply be updated by adding newer params to it's end, thus not
>> breaking
>> any of the applications.
>
> OK, but that still does not explain why it is requisite to have the data
> along with the sources. There is no problem in updating both the files
> and scandata separately, because it has to be compatible.
>

scenario1:

clone tree 1
make changes
update tree 1

scenario2:

clone tree 1
make changes
update tree 1

clone tree 2
make changes
update tree 2

It seems to me that scenario 2 is twice the work, to keep it updated. :-)
Simply no reason to do double the work.


> Also I'm not sure whether adding a column at the end wouldn't break the
> apps.


Don't worry. We have already done that in the past.

Manu
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