MI and backwards compatibility

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 10:25:17 -0400
> From: Bob Rossi <bob@brasko.net>
> 
> So, here is an example that I don't see to far fetched within the next
> few years. The question is, what does backwards compatibility mean?
> This is what I expect,
> 
> FE 1.0 or after to never work with GDB 1.0
> FE 1.0 to work with GDB 2.0 on using mi2.
> FE 2.0 to work with GDB 2.0 and 3.0 using mi2
>            and with GDB 4.0 on with mi3
> FE 3.0 to work with GDB 2.0 and 3.0 using mi2
>            and with GDB 4.0 with mi3
>            and with GDB 5.0 with mi4

I don't see any problems with what you described.  Am I missing
something?