On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 02:17:13PM -0500, C. Michael Pilato wrote:
> Not necessarily anything more. I mean, test expectations reflect, to some
> degree, the expectations of Subversion users wrapping the command-line for
> output parsing. I sense we're cool with some sane amount of change in that
> output so as to make the tool better without completely breaking the world.
> :-) ('Cause if we're cool with breaking the world, I have quite a few
> changes in mind that I'd like to make to the output!)
I've said this before, but, yes, break the world.
I'd say just propose these changes. I think we can afford to break compat in
the CLI output. The CLI is for interactive use. People can script against
it, sure. But they should be using XML output where possible, or use the
bindings, if they rely on their scripts for production rather than quick
run-once-and-throw-away hacks.
Stefan
Received on 2010-11-30 13:21:59 CET