Roger Price
2022-Apr-19 09:56 UTC
[Nut-upsuser] I-D progress update - ISE comments - NETVER vs PROTVER
On Tue, 19 Apr 2022, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:> On 19.04.22 08:56, Roger Price wrote: >> >> The problem: the I-D uses PROTVER rather than NETVER, however 2.8.0 only >> supports NETVER. >> >> The argument in favour of PROTVER is that the command is not asking for the >> version of the _network_. It is asking for the version of the _protocol_. >> >> The argument in favour of NETVER is that it is currrently implemented in >> 2.8.0. >> >> Should the I-D revert to NETVER? I will follow whatever the list decides. > > can NETVER be declared as obsolete alternative to PROTVER?If PROTVER was also implemented, then yes, but if PROTVER is not implemented, then there would be a divergence between the I-D and NUT 2.8.0, which I want to avoid. Roger
Greg Troxel
2022-Apr-19 11:06 UTC
[Nut-upsuser] I-D progress update - ISE comments - NETVER vs PROTVER
Roger Price <roger at rogerprice.org> writes:> On Tue, 19 Apr 2022, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > >> On 19.04.22 08:56, Roger Price wrote: >>> >>> The problem: the I-D uses PROTVER rather than NETVER, however 2.8.0 >>> only supports NETVER. >>> >>> The argument in favour of PROTVER is that the command is not asking >>> for the version of the _network_. It is asking for the version of >>> the _protocol_. >>> >>> The argument in favour of NETVER is that it is currrently >>> implemented in 2.8.0. >>> >>> Should the I-D revert to NETVER? I will follow whatever the list decides. >> >> can NETVER be declared as obsolete alternative to PROTVER? > > If PROTVER was also implemented, then yes, but if PROTVER is not > implemented, then there would be a divergence between the I-D and NUT > 2.8.0, which I want to avoid.2.8.0 doesn't exist yet. I suspect Jim would be amenable to making a change to PROTVER as primary with NETVAR as a deprecated alias, and then we can have the spec say what it ought to. It seems like a small code change and rolling another rc. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 194 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/nut-upsuser/attachments/20220419/69e7da2b/attachment.sig>