API compatibility policy and practices between juju versions

[Tim Penhey]

On 20/11/13 12:05, Curtis Hovey-Canonical wrote:
> I am not sure if I am leading a discussion or just stating that we
> have a problem that I don't believe can be ever solved.
> 
> We abandoned the release of 1.16.4 because we found it was
> incompatible with 1.16.3
>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/juju-core/+bug/1252469
>     "API incompatability: ERROR no such request "DestroyMachines" on Client"
> 
> I now believe this bug is in the same class of problem:
>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/juju-core/+bug/1250154
>     "ERROR no such request "EnvironmentGet" on Client"

It was my understanding that the api server needs to be at least as
advanced as any client.

This means that a 1.18 server should be able to support a 1.16.x client.

However we don't support 1.18 clients on a 1.16.x server.

Does this change your thinking?

Tim