On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 06:09:55PM +0000, Peter Stuge wrote: > Arthur Heymans wrote: > > This breaks compatibility with very old coreboot build (build before > > fb5d5b16 "2015-07-14, cbtable: describe boot media"). > > Is that really acceptable in SeaBIOS master at some random time?
As far I know there is no policy on that written down somewhere. In general we try avoid breaking backward compatibility (and thus requiring lockstep updates). But maintaining backward compatibility has a cost too, so this isn't set in stone. > > Keeping backward compatibility with the "cbfs master header" would > > complicate the code. > > Obviously, but is undeniably valuable, even if not to you. Well, maintaining compatibility with a version released more than five years ago isn't that valuable IMHO, but comes with the cost of adding compatibility code which most likely will never ever be actually used. > Proper advance notice of a breaking change allows others to invest > effort into coming up with a compatibility solution. Well. The compatible solution exists since 2015-07-14 ... take care, Gerd _______________________________________________ SeaBIOS mailing list -- seabios@seabios.org To unsubscribe send an email to seabios-le...@seabios.org
