On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 21:05, Magnus Fromreide wrote: > On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 03:54:14PM +0100, Dave Shield wrote: > > I've just committed a patch to the main development tree, > > that renames the offending routine in the Net-SNMP source, > > while leaving an (optional) compatability wrapper.
> Would similar patches to remove other just as ugly warts be considered? That was the intention of proposing this mechanism, certainly. Matthew's problem was simply a particular example of a more general issue. We've started trying to define cleaner API names for new code, but there's a lot of potentially ambiguous earlier stuff. I'd hoped to trigger a discussion of whether this approach seemed a sensible way forward. > My first choice to kill would then be the PACKAGE_* macros. Ummm... isn't those a standard part of the configure mechanism? The main "configure" script certainly gives that impression. If not, then something like NETSNMP_PACKAGE_* might be an idea. > What is the transition plan for deprecation of the old calls? > This is actually a general question - how old code should be supported? Well, the first thing is probably to agree on whether this is an appropriate mechanism or not! :-) We've always had a policy of supporting backward compatability as much as possible, to try and avoid breaking existing code. There was something of a hiccup from v4->v5, but even there we tried to keep things working. If we can gradually start to separate "current" APIs from those we consider obsolete, then we've got a chance to work towards a clean, core API for those that need such a thing, while retaining the existing melange for those that just want code to keep working. That's my view of things anyway. Dave ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
