[Bulk] Re: Bazaar spontaneously unusable

[Vincent Ladeuil]

>>>>> "Gordon" == Gordon Tyler <gordon at doxxx.net> writes:

    Gordon> On 2010-03-25, at 10:04 AM, Vincent Ladeuil
    Gordon> <v.ladeuil+lp at free.fr>  wrote:

    >>>>>>> "Russel" == Russel Winder <russel.winder at concertant.com> writes:
    >> 
    Russel> I appreciate that using bzr.dev is bleeding edge but
    >> the  recent change
    Russel> of bzrlib version has rendered a number of plugins
    >> unusable:
    >> 
    >> This was triggered by an API change that broke a plugin that you
    >> don't use (bzr-loom).
    >> 
    >> Be aware too that since we will release 2.2b2 RSN many plugins
    >> will need to be upgraded and may be broken.
    >> 
    >> Sorry for the inconvenience, give plugin authors a few days to
    >> upgrade,
    >> 
    >> Vincent
    >> 
    >> 

    Gordon> Perhaps a warning could be posted to the bzr list when this API
    Gordon> version number is going to change, so that both plugin developers
    Gordon> and  users of brz.dev can take appropriate measures. 

That's a good idea.

As a rule, you should expect such API bumps each time we approach
a new series (2.3 will be the next one).

In this particular case, I discovered the breakage *after* a
patch has landed in bzr.dev *without* bumping the API.

      Vincent