Having (null) is not common in xml convention. Usually, it's either <opErrstr/> or <opErrstr></opErrstr> Regards, -Prashanth Pai ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Avra Sengupta" <asengupt@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Atin Mukherjee" <amukherj@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Gluster Devel" <gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxxx>, gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx, > kauffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dusmant Kumar Pati" <dpati@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Shubhendu Tripathi" <shtripat@xxxxxxxxxx>, > msvbhat@xxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2015 3:16:10 PM > Subject: Re: Non-Uniform opErrstr output in all gluster --xml commands > > On 08/05/2015 03:06 PM, Atin Mukherjee wrote: > > > > On 08/05/2015 02:58 PM, Avra Sengupta wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> As reported in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218732, in > >> the event where there is no opErrstr, some gluster commands'(like > >> snapshot status, volume status etc.) xml output shows > >> "<opErrstr>(null)</opErrstr>", while other commands show just > >> "<opErrstr/>". This non-uniform output is troublesome for people who > >> parse this. > >> > >> IMHO showing "<opErrstr>(null)</opErrstr>" is much more descriptive. I > >> would like to propose making sure all commands follow this uniform > >> approach, instead of displaying just "<opErrstr/>". > > Makes sense to me as long as its uniform. However the existing ones > > which follow "<opErrstr/>" need change in parsing logic : > To attain uniformity, one or the other parsing logic will break. we > might as well get it right for once. > >> Regards, > >> Avra > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Gluster-devel mailing list > >> Gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxxx > >> http://www.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-devel mailing list > Gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel > _______________________________________________ Gluster-devel mailing list Gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel