From ef5903cd9da22446898b42597a4843c213a94d84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Markus Armbruster Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 08:47:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] info/xdump: Update advice on xdump evolution Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster --- info/xdump.t | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/info/xdump.t b/info/xdump.t index 3da26d0a..25c495b3 100644 --- a/info/xdump.t +++ b/info/xdump.t @@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ Use this with a value one less than the timestamp in the xdump header to get everything that changed since that xdump (incremental dump). .s1 .L "FUTURE DIRECTIONS:" -We plan to extend the syntax to select fields to be shown. +We may still extend the syntax to select fields to be shown. .s1 The table \*Qtable\*U is the table of (non-meta-)tables. It contains table names and numbers. xdump accepts table numbers as well as -names. +names. Table numbers may differ between server versions. .s1 .L BUGS: Still missing are game state files power, map, bmap; the list of @@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ Incremental dump doesn't work after importing news with the empdump utility. .s1 .L "FUTURE DIRECTIONS:" -xdump is still fairly new, and experience with it may lead to changes. -Client writers should be prepared for that. +xdump evolves along with the server. Clients should cope gracefully +with new tables and fields. We try to avoid incompatible changes, but +they are occasionally necessary to make progress. .s1 .SA "dump, ldump, ndump, pdump, sdump, lost, show, version, Communication, LandUnits, Planes, Sectors, Ships"