On 05.12.20 08:06, Sven Eckelmann wrote: Hi, > Is there some explanation besides an opinion? Some kind goal which you want to > achieve with it maybe? Just a cleanup. I've been under the impression that this version is just an relic from oot times. > At least for us it was an easy way to query the release cycle information via > batctl. Which made it easier for us to roughly figure out what an reporter/ > inquirer was using - independent of whether he is using the in-kernel version > or a backported version. Is the OOT scenario still valid ? > Loosing this source of information and breaking parts of batctl and other > tools (respondd, ...) is not the end of the world. But I would at least know > why this is now necessary. Okay, if this particular information indeed has a practical value, we should keep it. Taking it as a NAK. Perhaps we should add a comment what it's used for and make sure, the version number is properly maintained. The problem I see w/ those version fields is that we have lots of changes in the kernel tree, w/o the version number being increased - making this information at least doubtful. --mtx -- --- Hinweis: unverschlüsselte E-Mails können leicht abgehört und manipuliert werden ! Für eine vertrauliche Kommunikation senden Sie bitte ihren GPG/PGP-Schlüssel zu. --- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult Free software and Linux embedded engineering info@xxxxxxxxx -- +49-151-27565287
