From eb6399493141662334aa8dc9e1a985df2bd271f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 16:34:54 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Better explanation of backwards compatibility with 4.30. --- notes.adoc | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/notes.adoc b/notes.adoc index d1d3c4c..c369177 100644 --- a/notes.adoc +++ b/notes.adoc @@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ form that is (a) readable, and (b) friendly to forward translation to future languages. It has already survived a move from FORTRAN to C; a future as a Python or Go translation seems possible, even probable. +Compatibility with the 2.5 source we found has been checked by +building a version patched minimally to support the seed command and +running it against the entire test suite, which has 100% code +coverage. + == Functional changes == Bug fixes: @@ -213,7 +218,7 @@ messages with the objects that conceptually own them. We consider this project finished. All issues and TODOs have been cleared, behavior has been carefully checked against original ADVENT, no future demand for new features is expected, and the test suite has -100% code coverage. If new bugs appear the toolchain bit-rots out +100% code coverage. If new bugs appear as the toolchain bit-rots out from under underneath, we will fix those problems. // end -- 2.31.1