Experimental Physics and
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Michael Davidsaver via Core-talk <core-talk at aps.anl.gov> · Fri, 12 Mar 2021 07:06:21 -0800

On 3/12/21 7:04 AM, Ralph Lange via Core-talk wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Mar 2021 at 16:01, Michael Davidsaver <mdavidsaver at gmail.com <mailto:mdavidsaver at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On 3/12/21 12:07 AM, Ralph Lange via Core-talk wrote:
>     > In Base 7.0.5, which is a minor release, interfaces have been removed in some of the PVA modules:
>     >
>     > pvDatabaseCPP release 4.5.3
>     >
>     >     The previously deprecated destroy methods have been removed.
>     >
>     >
>     > pvDataCPP release 8.0.4 (claimed) / 8.1.0 (internal)
>     >
>     >     Incompatible changes
>     >
>     >         Remove ByteBuffer::align()
>     >
>     >
>     > I did not expect backward compatibility breaking code changes in a minor release.
>     > Can someone please clarify for me what changes are accepted for which level of release jump?!
> 
>     wrt. ByteBuffer::align() was unused, and I guess I could have added that this method
>     was broken.  So in addition to being unused it was also unusable.
> 
> 
> So - should I just remove the call?

Remove from?  pvDataCPP or some ITER code?

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System