Hi James,

Please see my in-line comments.

Thanks,
Ryan


James Carlson wrote:
> Yu-Bo Ryan Wang writes:
>   
>> For the output change, as the section 4.3  mentioned,
>>
>>         GUID information output had been added to disk information display
>>      in a compatible format. And for a given volume, if it's in inactive
>>         state, array information display output will show this status. See
>>      accompanied diff file for the raidctl manpage.
>>
>> Currently, there is nothing dependent on that output.
>>     
>
> I'm a little surprised that adding a field in the middle of a table is
> considered a "compatible format," particularly so in a patch, but if
> we're absolutely sure that there's nothing dependent on this but human
> eyeballs, then it seems ok to me.
>   
We are sure that there's no dependent on this because raidctl is a 
config tool
for RAID and it's not a frequently used software; and according to our 
survey
during the research period, the only possible exception (besides human 
eyeballs)
is the exit status checking, and this is un-changed.
> Please do make sure that when the man page is updated, the stability
> is updated to the current terminology (what was once "Evolving" is now
> "Committed"), and that the man page makes clear that the stability
> applies to the command line arguments only, as the output from this
> command (as this project makes plain) is substantially less than
> "Committed."  It's probably "Volatile" at best.
>
>   
Agree. We will do this when updating the man page.
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