On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 11:16:57AM -0600, Tom Mueller wrote:

> Danek,
> If the pkg_client_name value is now being ignored, it seems that a program 
> that was working correctly before this change will not continue to work 
> correctly after the change.  That doesn't seem to be compatible.

I talked to Brock about this -- he considered this a compatible change, but
he can reconsider.  Compatibility is a moot point if I'm changing all the
consumers.

> To make the program work correctly after the change, a statement would
> have to be inserted that sets the pkg.client.global_settings.client_name.

True.

> Can't the pkg_client_name argument be used to set the global_settings 
> value?

It could be, but it wasn't clear to me how that ought to work.  If and only
if the global_settings version is None, then set both?  I guess that's
reasonable.

Danek
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